Word: pretenders
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...next 17 months or so, the U.S. must pin its hopes on Aristide. His 1990 election victory gives him an aura of legitimacy no other Haitian figure can come close to matching; the U.S. can hardly pretend to be restoring Haitian democracy if it backs anyone else. If he is a leftist and no admirer of the U.S. -- well, in a perverse way, that makes American intervention easier to defend against possible cries of Yanqui imperialism. Instead of overthrowing a populist reformer to install a military dictatorship friendly to the U.S., Washington will be doing the exact opposite...
...ride the tram past the U.S. embassy and activate a miniature "burst" transmitter hidden in his pocket. During postings abroad, he would pass information face to face: in the back alleys of Rangoon or among the bulrushes along the Yamuna River in New Delhi, where his CIA contact would pretend to fish while a hidden recorder taped Polyakov's staccato military briefing, punctuated by peacocks screeching in the background...
...sputters, "One of these days, Alice. One of these days -- POW -- right to the moon"? How much money was grossed from films with titles such as How to Murder Your Wife? Is it only now, when the violent nature of a national sports hero is publicly disclosed, that we pretend revulsion at an epidemic that once caused us to laugh hysterically? Wake up, America...
...summer with his friends before they all go their separate ways to college. I hope so. Because after this summer, high school will seem both far away and less and less important in the grand scheme of things. There's time enough at Harvard to act self-important and pretend that one's own goals and aims are based on universal principles. Paul Siemens needs to accept with good grace that he's not valedictorian and get on with life...
...while I enjoyed talking to a three-year-old French girl who was visiting for the week, it just wasn't the same as being there. The dregs and creme de la creme of the Boston area come together for this concert. If you don't like classical music, pretend it's an elevator and don't allow the Muzak in the background to distract you from people watching...