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...each step forward seems to be offset by disappointing setbacks. Since Duvalier fled and the dreaded Tonton Macoutes disbanded, large pockets of the Haitian countryside have degenerated into lawlessness. Contraband flowing into the country has fueled a rash of burglaries, arson attacks and murders. After all of Haiti's ports were reopened last fall, illegal rice from Miami hit the market, undercutting local farmers. Inevitably a battle erupted between farmers and profiteering smugglers that has yet to quiet. "Smuggling is unfortunately the No. 1 growth industry in Haiti," says a Western diplomat. "Crime is not far behind." Last week...
Former chairman offset agreed that the council has been less political. "I think the council has purged itself of this political element and settled down to only problems concerning student life," he says...
...vulnerable population must have suitably efficient routes of transmission. Potentially infectious contact between members must occur often enough to offset the rate at which the disease--or the behavioral changes it entails--removes those who are infectious...
Since Baryshnikov and other defectors have been reviled in the press as traitors, Gorbachev risks alienating conservative officials by inviting them back. But the Soviet leader is apparently counting on strong public backing to offset any such problems...
...trade problem is much thornier than that. One of the most immediate effects of a dollar decline should be a decrease in foreign travel by Americans -- but there the U.S. suffered a $5.2 billion deficit last year. Apparently, the rising cost of staying in Paris or Rome has been offset by cheaper air fares, among other things. Moreover, even while the international purchasing power of the dollar has declined since the Plaza Accord, the price of imported goods in the U.S. has often failed to rise by an equivalent amount (see chart). The explanation: foreign exporters have been willing...