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...elections in November. But last month the military government of Lieut. General Henri Namphy, 54, took control of the electoral process from a provisional council. Although Namphy rescinded the decree last week, his regime's action prompted the worst crisis in Haiti since the ouster of Jean- Claude ("Baby Doc") Duvalier 17 months...
...Doc, my wife and I just had sextuplets and they depend on me. I didn't want to tell you this; my wife made me come here; I told her it was nothing, but, well, I do have kind of a bad cold--in fact, well, I tend to sneeze so hard that pieces of my vital internal organs fly violently from my nose, often striking well dressed people with dangerous velocity. I'm scared, Doc, am I going be all right...
...Chile and Argentina that nearly led to war before a Vatican- brokered peace agreement was signed in 1984. John Paul, who is no stranger to powerful military rulers -- from former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos to Poland's Wojciech Jaruzelski and Haiti's former President-for-Life Jean- Claude ("Baby Doc") Duvalier -- was not about to allow Pinochet to use the papal visit for his own purposes...
This prevented future searches for Marian in my room, although it did little to halt the telephone and blood pressure fiascos. I didn't need the blood pressure tests so often (my doctor later agreed), I didn't need a telephone for "Herman" (the doc also concurred on this one), and I certainly didn't know who Marian was (neither...
...typical day, Jean-Claude ("Baby Doc") Duvalier does not arise from bed until an hour before noon. Then comes the hard part for Haiti's former leader: filling up the hours until another languid day in exile is over...