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Widespread public support for the students as they bravely stood their ground against pepper-gas-firing riot police transformed Roh the Chun Puppet into Roh the Democrat. On June 29 Roh invited a television crew to remain behind after he had addressed a routine meeting of the D.J.P. To the amazement of those present, Roh announced that he would resign from all his party positions unless the Chun government agreed to eight democratic reforms, including direct presidential elections, freedom of the press and pardons for political prisoners. The June 29 Declaration, as it is now known, stunned his party...
Staff members at Montlake Community Day School try to come up with new ways to entertain and stimulate their charges, about 20 kids who range in age from five to eleven. Every day there are fresh art projects, and occasionally there are puppet-show premieres. The children construct large forts out of masking tape and tightly rolled newspapers. There are sing-alongs and story sharings at snack time...
...peaceful transition to democracy were dashed when the balloting gave way to a bloodbath. Nearly two months later, Manigat was declared the winner of a second election, in which * less than 10% of the voters took part. Last week few mourned his fate. "For the people, Manigat was a puppet of the army," says the Rev. Antoine Adrian, a Catholic priest in Port-au-Prince...
When Leslie Manigat emerged as the victor in Haiti's presidential elections last January, it was assumed that the former political exile would act as a puppet for the outgoing military junta led by Lieut. General Henri Namphy. But last week it was the puppet who pulled the strings. In a communique read over Haitian television and radio, Manigat dismissed Namphy as Commander in Chief of the army for "insubordination" and fired two other generals on Namphy's staff...
...tapping the shell with a thin wire rod. The percussive duet lasted 52 hours, until a hole the size of a quarter had formed. A few hours later, the team carefully removed the remaining fragments and Molloko emerged. By week's end bird handlers were using a condor puppet to preen the rambunctious youngster and feed it 70 minced baby mice, or "pinkies," daily...