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...second play, The Imaginary Cuckold, is even briefer, but busier and more satisfying. Bedford, this time with a wisp of flyaway red hair, is a mistrustful married man who thinks his wife (Suzanne Bertish) is having an affair with a young swain (David Aaron Baker) who, in turn, thinks his fianca is secretly married to Bedford. That's only about half the misunderstandings in this cramped, convoluted farce, but director Michael Langham keeps the threads from tangling and knits them into one expert, entertaining weave...
Aristide did not run, and win, until three years later, but the CIA always viewed him as unstable. A CIA briefer once told Congressmen that Aristide had been treated for psychiatric problems in a Canadian hospital, though the hospital said he had never been admitted. Aristide's supporters have long suspected the CIA encouraged the 1991 coup that drove him into exile. Intelligence sources in Washington deny it, but concede that the CIA knew about the coup in advance and did nothing to stop it. By one account, though, it did indirectly save Aristide's life. On the night...
...Supreme Commander was none of those. He was a driving, demanding man of terrific energy: up before dawn, to bed after midnight, chain-smoking four packs of cigarettes, drinking 15 cups of coffee a day. He was a military perfectionist, impatient with his subordinates and a peerless, lucid briefer. He had a volcanic temper he struggled to control but sometimes used as a tool. He was naturally friendly, with a famous grin, and he inspired trust. But he was patient only when he had to be: to keep peace among the Allies, since he believed the war would...
Gregoire also said he wanted to implementchanges in The Courier, the council's officialnewsletter. The Courier should come out regularlyevery three weeks, but should be "briefer andterser," Gregoire said...