Word: jeaned
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Jean-Bertrand Aristide's presidential palace was in a state of wild disarray all last week, though the Haitian government did manage to put on a fairly elegant reception for some 500 distinguished visitors and guests on the Saturday of Aristide's return -- a triumph all the more remarkable for the palace's lack of running water. The President's people had been especially nervous since a number of the invitees supported the 1991 coup d'etat against Aristide and were no doubt looking forward to a social debacle. But the Americans arrived with six portable toilets, and the Haitians...
...work in Haiti, adding that he'd send "the bulk" of military personnel home within months -- when United Nations peacekeepers take over. Still, Clinton said in a statement, he reserved the right to keep secret from Congress sensitive military moves in Haiti. Meanwhile in Port-au-Prince,Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristidereaffirmed his pledge to step down when his term expires next year...
...Tous les Matins du Monde," the story of Monsieur de Sainte Colombe (played by Jean-Pierre Marielle), as narrated by his student, Marin Marais (Gerard Depardieu), is ultimately one of inspiration through lament. Had it not been for the death of Saint Colombe's wife, he would not have withdrawn into a tiny shack on his property where he invented mournful compositions and added a seventh string to the viola. Sainte Colombe is a consummate artist, but also a madman...
...shoulder to shoulder in remembrance of a man who had tried to straddle the social divide. Although the poor far outnumbered the rich, the accent of the service was on lawful justice, with staunch warnings against vigilante-style retribution, or dechoukage. "We have to be patient," intoned Father Gerard Jean-Juste, a Roman Catholic priest. "We can't be struggling and fighting each other...
...Jean-Bertrand Aristide returned to Haiti on Saturday after three years in exile. He told thousands of jubilant Haitians that "the sun of democracy has risen to never set." Fears about possible military-sponsored violence had been eased earlier in the week when former military chief Lieut. General Raoul Cedras and his top deputy, Brigadier General Philippe Biamby, left Haiti for Panama. As part of a deal for his departure, the U.S. put down a $60,000 deposit to rent one of Cedras' luxury villas for at least a year. It refused to pick up the tab for two more...