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More than a year ago, Francois, his parents and 116 other Haitians had set out with a desperate sense of hope aboard a leaking sloop called Dieu Veut (God Wants). For two days they rolled and pitched across the rough stretch of sea between Haiti and Cuba that sailors call the Windward Passage. They had left their homes in Petit-Trou-de-Nippes, a town of 1,000 perched on the shore of Haiti's impoverished southern claw, provisioned with only two bags of rice and a single 50-gal. barrel of water. Even at sea they continued to take...
...sell their autographs. To many, it has lost its power to truly spellbind and has become just another disenchanted thing in a world with a depressing deficit of magic. But watch a child playing Nintendo. See the way it ensnares the attention, engages the imagination. It's the modern, rough equivalent of how a youngster might have felt watching Hank Aaron hit one into the cheap seats...
...grueling part stretched out over a month. "They gave you six songs," she recalls, "including performing Proud Mary top to bottom. They gave you four or five scenes -- young Tina, '60s Tina, '70s Tina, dragged-down-the-hall-and-get-a-fra ctured-left-hand Tina. It was rough." So was the filming. Bassett really did fracture her hand, and she had to soak her feet in ice after two 17-hour days of shooting the Proud Mary number in 3-in. heels. The only sour note for some is that Bassett's final number was replaced by footage...
...Administration has enjoyed some successes. Clinton's team pulled together a sizable U.S. aid package for Russia, galvanized the G-7 industrialized countries to follow suit, backed Yeltsin during his referendum campaign and recently eased tensions with Ukraine. After a rough start, Christopher has revived the Middle East peace talks...
CAPTION: And You Thought the Pros Were Rough...