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...past two weeks, Thursday nights have been a little quieter at Lowell House...
...divide between the haves and the have- nots is so stark, it was inevitable that the rich and the poor would herald Aristide's return in all-or-nothing terms. Yet some recognize that the future belongs neither to Aristide the Redeemer nor Aristide the Avenger. Rather, these quieter voices suggest, the country's fate rests on the shoulders of all Haitians: not only the rich and the poor, but the unsung bureaucrats of the middle class. These civil servants, who lack the unity and political passion of the rich and the poor, have kept their heads down through years...
...dark wood tables are fairly close together, and Sortun indicated that the atmosphere during dinner is social and busy. Sunday brunch, she added, is quieter...
...street. They destroyed everything because it had been built by Communists -- factories, railroads and hydroelectric plants. But the situation is better today than it was yesterday or a year or two ago. People are still hungry. The Abkhazian issue has not been resolved. But it's much quieter now. There is a greater understanding that we have to build this country with our hands -- certainly with the help of our friends, but mostly by ourselves. No miracles will occur. It's only by work and struggle that we can build real democracy and real independence...
...would have to count a lot higher before you got to QVC. It is one of cable's quieter moneymakers: lots of cash, little cachet. In Diller's first year at QVC, its revenues rose 14%. John Malone, the zillionaire head of Tele- Communications, Inc., had lured Diller to the home-shopping network at the end of 1992, shortly after he left Fox. Perhaps there had been a dispute with Murdoch, his boss, over a Diller request for equity in the company; perhaps he was just tired, as he said, of working for other people...