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...Even his friends await Aristide's homecoming with mixed emotions. Aristide took a dim view of U.S. interference in the hemisphere: many of his sermons attacked the U.S. government?though never, as he liked to point out, "the American people." After hearing so much from him about the evils of U.S. policy, it is hard for his disciples to understand why he would agree to return hand in hand with the U.S. military ... Despite the difficulties ahead, the returning President firmly believes he can help democracy take root in Haiti. "Not one minute of this has been easy," he says...
...real question here is a matter of proportion, the tendency of lurid cultural issues to crowd out the more important stuff. Even Iraq has settled into the dim middle distance. Few images from the war are as startling--as "spontaneous"--as Justin Timberlake's ripping Janet Jackson's bodice. The violence of combat is sanitized into banality by squeamish editors. And there are no compelling images to convey the absence of weapons of mass destruction or how difficult it will be for an American Secretary of State to bring a credible argument for war to the United Nations anytime soon...
...when I started to suspect that I don’t have quite as good taste in men as I do in shoes” section, mainly because I couldn’t help but picture Carrie Bradshaw sitting pensively in boy shorts and camisole, face illuminated by the dim light of her iMac as she bit her lip and typed the very same phrase. I’d choose Carrie over a Bergdorf blonde...
Darwin’s vaguely resembles the cozy coffee shop “Central Perk” from Must See TV classic, "Friends". It’s got the same sqooshy chairs, dim lighting and eclectic music. The baristas and sandwich-makers, however, are more Toscannini’s than Jasmine Sola...
...traditional Irish bar and restaurant complete with dark wood paneling and dim lighting, this popular nightspot is also a good place for an intimate brunch. The signature brunch special is the Irish Breakfast (8.35), complete with white pudding—a meat and onions concoction—and black pudding, a version of the former with the addition of pig’s blood. For the less adventursome, the wild mushroom ravioli (5.75) and pan fried crab cakes (6.75) are quite delicious. Flirt with the perky Irish waitress...