Word: case
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...known statute, prepared to fire Bloch "in the interest of national security." Precisely what national-security "interest" was not disclosed. After so many months of stonewalling, how far will Bloch go to defend himself? Prosecutors are concerned that the State Department's action could jeopardize an already shaky criminal case...
...fuss by issuing a hotly disputed report on female- headed black families. Five years later, as Richard Nixon's adviser on domestic policy, he urged "benign neglect" on racial issues, meaning that the Administration should let racial controversy cool before launching new civil rights initiatives. In the case of Social Security, Moynihan admits that he was out to attract notice through the political equivalent of hitting Congress over the head with a two-by-four. Says he: "You have to get their attention...
Only a protest from the mother of the four-year-old murder victim got the attention of authorities, who had apparently lost track of Rodriguez because he lived in a different police jurisdiction. Rodriguez was released the next day without bail, and investigators put together a "witness harassment" case that eventually led to three more arrests. Police now responded to 911 calls within minutes, unmarked cars watched the block, and uniformed patrols cruised by regularly...
Richard said yesterday that the BLSA "will be planning some activities" in support of Austin's case, but was unsure about the specifics of such activities, which she said may turn into a more general race awareness campaign...
Basically, Kona is a shopping village. There are tons of little shops where you can buy anything from postcards to those tacky flower shirts and shorts that all Hawaiian toursits seem obliged to buy at some point so that they can be instantly identified by local Hawaiians in case they get lost...