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...GERARD F. POWERS Director of Policy Studies, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame A priority of your second term must be to restore the moral credibility the United States has lost. Reaffirm your commitment to see Iraq through to independence, stability and democracy. But admit the obvious-that serious mistakes were made in Iraq...
When asked about his formative influences, “Well, first would be Gerard Manley Hopkins,” is Heaney’s reply. He then continues the list: “One of the greatest single works is Wordsworth’s Preface to his Lyrical Ballads. Patrick Cavanagh, and Ted Hughes, whom I later got to know...
...DIED. GERARD PIERRE-CHARLES, 68, influential Haitian author and politician; of heart failure after a lung infection; in Cuba. Although the lifelong communist was an early ally of Jean-Bertrand Aristide's, standing by the former Haitian President during his 1991 ouster and his 1994 return to power, the two had a falling out in 1997, when Pierre-Charles accused Aristide of betraying the poor and drifting toward dictatorship. In 2001 Aristide backers burned down the home of Pierre-Charles, who continued to stage protests until the Haitian President finally left the country last February...
...riding accident that left him paralyzed; of an infection from a pressure wound; in Mount Kisco, New York. He became a powerful spokesman for spinal-cord injuries, including the use of fetal stem cells for medical research, while continuing to work in films as an actor and director. DIED GERARD PIERRE-CHARLES, 68, influential Haitian author and politician; of heart failure after a lung infection; in Havana, Cuba. Although the lifelong communist was an early ally of Jean-Bertrand Aristide's, standing by the former Haitian President during his 1991 ouster and his 1994 return to power...
...chain of no-frills easyHotels in early 2005. And Simon Woodroffe - the man behind the YO! Sushi conveyor-belt eateries - is opening Yotel, cramming luxury into tiny, 10-sq-m rooms, inspired by Japan 's "capsule" hotels, for $135 a night. "It's budget chic," says Yotel exec Gerard Greene. "There are designer hotels everywhere, but not everyone can afford them." Britain may be the best European locale for hoteliers to cash in. The occupancy rate in London has jumped 10% this year; average room rates are up 8%. "There's still a lot of upside," says Julia Felton...