Word: bluffed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...word bluff, spelled bluf, has now entered the Creole language. Cedras thinks he can outbluff Clinton. He will play for time, negotiate with anyone who comes along, and point to the delay to convince his followers that the U.S. is not really coming. So far, he is succeeding. Invasion fears are fading, and many of Haiti's wealthy backers of the 1991 military coup against Aristide have begun their August vacations in the cool mountain valleys. In Washington Clinton's advisers seemed no closer to a decision, and most will be heading off for their vacations as well...
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