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...company. (Aristide's lawyers deny the charges.) Aristide had been restored in 1994 after the intervention of 20,000 U.S. soldiers; his close associate René Préval, a former President who served between the two terms of Aristide, is the front runner in the current race. Washington continues to exert influence, if in a less militant way. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visited Haiti last fall to nudge elections forward. They have been postponed at least four times, thanks to electoral incompetence, lack of security and the country's systemic chaos. There's no guarantee that the next scheduled vote...
...bend to the pressure of unjust laws. They more than any other individuals have the power to achieve true justice. Tookie Williams, before his execution, served as a prime example of why the death penalty should be abolished. Williams showed that even the cruelest criminals can be rehabilitated to exert positive influences outside their jail cells. While it is regrettable that he never apologized for the crimes he committed, Williams accomplished praiseworthy projects while in prison. He wrote a series of children’s books designed to steer young people away from street gangs and towards a life...
...gays in the HRC, this means that their views will be recognized and considered, but that said, their presence will not exert undue influence in deciding the club’s positions on issues related to their livelihood...
Throughout the trunk show, he refers to specific girls whose personal style seems to exert an influence. Holding up a shirt: "[sizes] 2-10, flat-to-boob, everyone has looked great in it. Hobbs [Ashley R. Hobbs ’06] was wearing it with jeans earlier." Of a rack of suits: "Alexa [L.M. Von Tobel ’06] got a pantsuit and a skirt suit for recruiting." Each mention of one of their friends piques the girls’ excitement, and they grab more from the racks. "Because of your blockmates, there are, like, 70 pieces lying...
...shifting anything: the shifter is merely a lever that signals some other mechanical minion to go into reverse. There's also a remote-entry system that lets you unlock the doors and start the car without inserting a key in the lock or ignition. You wouldn't want to exert yourself...