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...order and normality to the impoverished Caribbean state. U.S. peacekeeping forces restored Jean-Bertrand Aristide to the presidency to which he had been freely elected in 1990. They sank almost $100 million into Haiti's police and judiciary. But today Haiti is as lawless as it is destitute. A breakdown in America's alliance with Aristide, who left office in 1996, helped create the kind of power vacuum drug lords love to fill. Now, after easily winning the presidency again last week, can Aristide do much about the problem...
...need to deal with building permits, driver's licenses, tax paying, there's always a long line and a second visit. "If you come here with an American attitude that you have to stick to the rules," says McVey, "you're probably going to have a nervous breakdown." A changed attitude, it seems, may not be a bad trade-off for peace, art and great pasta...
...game was by no means a perfect effort for Harvard. The Crimson allowed 47 shots on goal, and the Eagles at times commanded territorial play. The game-tying goal came on a defensive breakdown. B.C. senior Mike Lephart beat a Crimson defenseman off the wall and was able to stand in front of the net unmarked long enough for Ben Eaves to make a great display of patience in getting him the puck...
...what's the catch? Well, apart from the fact that the drugs are expensive, averaging $3 a pill, and you would presumably have to take them for the rest of your life, they can, in rare cases, cause liver damage or a breakdown of muscle tissue. Anyone who is using statins needs to undergo periodic blood tests to check for signs of liver trouble. Most people on the pills report no complaints; those who do commonly list fatigue as the major side effect. Others refer to the peace of mind statins give them. "I feel safer," says Janet Brown...
Although Georgia's population is 28% black, as are 6% of the students at the university's main campus in Athens, few blacks are members of the 42 historically white fraternities and sororities there. The Greek organizations and the university declined to provide a racial breakdown but say that some blacks do belong to white sororities or fraternities. Examining this pattern after years of looking the other way "has been painful, as holding a mirror up often is," says Richard Mullendore, the school's vice president of student affairs...