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...Clinton cut off remittances, even if it means no more money from her son in California. "He pockets the money anyway," she says. Who? "Fidel. Who else?" Alarmed, her companions shush her, and she lowers her voice. "I'd rather suffer a little more than see this damn government prosper anymore," she whispers. "They have everything -- generators, cars, gas, the food they want -- and we have nothing. They talk about Fatherland or Death, Socialism or Death. Bullshit. I'm not going to die while they fatten themselves...
...home. I don't understand why we can't settle things in a country as small as ours." Edithe lays her head on the mattress of her friend Claudette Ruhumuliza, 27, a teacher. "I think I'm going to die soon," Claudette says, staring at her husband Prosper. Once they had a house and farmland. He says, "If the foreigners would help us go home and protect us, we would be happy." Glancing at his wife, Prosper says, "People are dying like animals...
...force. It has built 140 schools and a university for the Korean community, where 20,000 young people study the basics -- and the wisdom of Kim Il Sung. The association has established a powerful credit union and launched numerous publications. By the mid-1970s, Chongryun Koreans were starting to prosper; they now control most of Japan's pachinko parlors. Former Chongryun officials say North Korea made it clear that the well-being of loved ones back home depended on how often -- and how much -- their relatives in Japan were willing to contribute to the Kim regime. The blackmail money goes...
...Whoever's fault it may have been, John [Lakian] takes full responsibility," Denehy says. "You make mistakes--those who become better people for it are the ones who survive and prosper...
Says a U.S. ambassador: "As long as people know the U.S. is engaged and reliable, they are unlikely to do foolish things. It's reassuring and restraining. And this serves our national interests because stability and peace make our economy and trade prosper." Conversely, a senior Administration official admits the American backdown in Somalia probably emboldened the Haitian military to defy the U.S., and it would be surprising if Kim Il-Sung were not watching Bosnia for clues as to how far he can go. Moreover, another Administration official warns, for all the American public's | current indifference, "foreign policy...