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...whispered, giving herself in rapture to the cold embrace of the grass as she lay folded in her cloak in the hollow by the pool.' Here I will lie," part of the inscription reads...
Gore told Clinton that he was about to make "a great speech" and that it might start a desired rally-round-the-President mood among the U.S. public. Nonetheless, it was not fully convincing. Despite the cloak of multinational support, this is from start to finish essentially a U.S. operation. Clinton pledged that the initial American forces would be withdrawn "in months, not years." But even though the U.S. would officially hand over responsibility to a U.N. peacekeeping operation that would stay until Aristide's successor is elected, the President failed to mention that as much as half that...
...Administration took another step toward proving otherwise. At a meeting with Caribbean nations in Jamaica, American officials persuaded Barbados, Belize, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago to contribute 266 troops to an invasion force. Tiny as that number is, it accomplishes one step needed before D-day: throwing a "multinational" cloak over the operation. Deputy Secretary of Defense John Deutch declared that a "multinational" force would go into Haiti, peacefully or otherwise. Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott added that if the Cedras clique was still in power when the troops arrived, its members would be arrested and turned over...
...extraordinarily lucky. And his luck, like Gump's, was often built on the backs of people who suffered off-screen. Forrest had bankrupt shrimpers, martyred Vietnam buddies, and his wife, whose death was remarkably demure, considering her ailment. Reagan scored points off America's poor; somehow managed to cloak himself in heroism while apologizing for a needless screw-up that killed 241 U.S. servicemen in Beirut; and avoided tarnishing his reputation for optimism by spending too much time on AIDS...
Indeed, most people still picture scientists as the archetypal "nerds," complete with pocket protectors, greasy hair and thick black glasses. This image has done much to cloak scientists' true penchant for jest and practical jokes...