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While Aristide would have plenty of foes to reckon with, he would have no democratic infrastructure to lean on, no community organizations to assist his restoration plans, no security apparatus to help enforce his authority. The only buttress against anarchy would be the presence of U.S. troops. That could make for a very long occupation -- far longer than the U.S. Congress or the American and Haitian people have the patience to endure...
Bergman plays with several different elements in "Smiles of a Summer Night." The film is grounded in the notion of Shakespearean comedy, particularly A Midsummer Night's Dream. The tropes of the husband and wife who are separated and then reunited, the sylvan atmosphere and the magic spells buttress the film. Egerman is very much like Bottom; he plays an ass throughout the movie, but at the end, after Anne has run off with Henrik, he is made human again. The film also contains echoes of Beaumarchais' The Marriage of Figaro and allusions to Jean Renior's classic 1939 film...
...main contention. I, too, felt the minority protests over Junior Parents Weekend were ill-timed and probably did more harm than good for campus race relations. What bothered me was the fact that Mr. Lat resorted to a base and common denigration of Black and Latino students to buttress his argument...
Unburdened with common sense which would recommend firsthand observation or a broader sampling of opinions, she uses the accounts of select witnesses only to buttress her preconception: that a course without sections or papers must needs be a "gut." I know from my experience as a teaching fellow that many Harvard undergraduates, so long used to learning under compulsion, tend to abuse the kind of liberty Professor Fleming offers...
P.L.O. officials are aware of that and have already begun calculating how much money might be needed to buttress their political authority. The Declaration of Principles provides for joint economic committees, free-trade zones and Israeli cooperation on energy, water and electricity. Peres shares the view that Palestinians need to live better. "If the whole story will be just a political agreement without economic support," he says, "it will fail. You cannot offer the people national flags for breakfast. You must offer real food...