Word: shiploads
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Haiti's military, emboldened by their success at turning away the shipload of American military trainers aboard the Harlan County last October, believe that the U.S. lacks the guts for a sustained occupation. "It'd be just like Somalia," says a senior Haitian officer. "Clinton will run away when the first U.S. soldier is returned in a body bag." A military intervention, however, need not be open-ended. To limit the commitment, Clinton could embrace Canada's proposal to train expatriate Haitians to serve as the core of a force designed to protect the returned, legitimate government. Together with...
Friendly Sales Rep at Eastern Mountain Sports: We just ran out. We got a whole shipload at the beginning of the Christmas season, but now they're all gone...