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Aristide supporter Pierre Fequiere, 29, was one of the lucky ones who won the right to seek asylum in the U.S. Arrested after the 1991 coup, he was bound with a cord around his neck and marched off to jail. He lost two teeth when an officer hit him with the butt of a gun. Released provisionally, he fled into the wilderness like the slaves of old. When he returned home, the police tried to gun him down. Days before he got his exit visa to the U.S., soldiers stopped him and kicked him. "If Aristide comes back," he says...
Paying the taxes is only part of the hassle. Conscientious families must fill out five federal forms a year on behalf of each worker. State and local filings can add to the burden. Overwhelmed families may seek help from accountants, who will gladly handle the paperwork for about $500 a year for a child-care worker. But even professionals can find the task grueling. Says Donald Rocen, a tax manager in the Washington office of accounting firm Coopers & Lybrand: "I wanted to do the right thing, and when I hired a cleaning person for $50 a day once every...
...help thinking that this sadness is informed by real pain. McEntire has been through divorce and remarriage. She has known true catastrophe: in 1991 seven members of her band were killed in a plane crash. Tragedy, when absorbed and reflected on, can give an artist depth. Some artists seek it, others have it thrust upon them. It's the difference between martyrdom and masochism -- McEntire's scars are earned...
...deficit in four years, downgrading that objective from a pledge to a "goal." Backing away from an unrealistic target sooner rather than later can save him considerable political trouble down the line -- as long as he guards against eroding the discipline necessary to cut the debt as special pleaders seek increased funding for their pet projects. Every step that seriously swipes at the deficit will require a time-consuming dance of consensus building. Assuming that Clinton's fancy footwork represents the beginning of this exercise, it is wrongheaded to beat on the new Administration for slipping its timetable. Speed would...
...there an immediate danger? There can't be an old grievance." And even if a woman is allowed to testify about past violence, the jury may still condemn her response to it. If he was really so savage, the prosecutor typically asks, why didn't she leave, seek shelter, call the police, file a complaint...