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...Haiti's Monsters In "A Battle of Cannibals and Monsters," on the insurrection in Haiti [Feb. 23], you noted that the pro-government Clean Sweep militiamen are called chim?res, which is Creole for mythical monsters. In Greek mythology, the Chimera are fire-breathing monsters. Metaphorically, the word is used today to mean a fancy or unrealizable dream. Apparently, this is a very appropriate word to describe deposed President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's thugs, both in being monsters and in pursuing the unrealizable dream of keeping him in power. Paris Vangelatos Casablanca
...functional, consisting of a wall and a doorway or two. The back wall, borrowed from the set of The Trojan Women, is covered with graffiti displaying the words “Romani eunt domus,” and “frogs” in Latin and phonetic Greek, as well as a flaming skull...
...told the court Cantat was a "murderer" and that she did not believe his expressions of regret. The judges will hear a final statement from Cantat this week. Special Report: Till Death Do Us Part Delicate Moment CYPRUS Last-ditch talks aimed at reunifying the divided island before the Greek Cypriot south accedes to the E.U. on May 1 are set to go ahead in Switzerland this week despite Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash's announcement that he will not participate. Denktash, who is opposed to the U.N. plan on which the discussions are based, said he did not believe...
Since the Greek rush season began about a month ago, several dozen freshmen have rushed each of the fraternities, and a select number have been offered bids to join after attending a string of events like the DU excursion into Boston...
...some ways that event itself embodies what brothers say is the fraternity difference: while final club punch events often include female dates, the Greek rush events are mainly male...