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...frock coat and resting in a glass-topped, silk-lined coffin, lay the remains of one of history's most malevolent dictators. He was Francois Duvalier, who liked to be called Papa Doc. For 14 years he had held the wretchedly poor black republic of Haiti in a spell of fear. Now the spell was broken. At 64, weakened by heart attacks and chronic diabetes. Papa Doc died. His son. roly-poly Jean-Claude. 19, whom Duvalier had designated as his successor last January, was immediately sworn in as President...
Voodoo Spirits. Papa Doc cast his spell through the artful use of voodoo, which in effect is Haiti's national religion. Duvalier affected the staring gaze, whispered speech and hyperslow movements recognized by Haitians as signs that a person is close to the voodoo spirits. He solicited the allegiance of voo doo priests in the countryside, often bringing them to Port-au-Prince for a presidential audience, and he encouraged rumors that he possessed supernatural powers. "My enemies cannot get me!" he used to exult to his followers. "I am already an immaterial being...
...Ratings. His party's attitude toward McCloskey has been to pretend he isn't there. Says G.O.P. National Committee Chairman Robert Dole coyly: "I haven't heard of him. How do you spell that last name? McWhat? We really don't have much dealing with him. This is the Republican National Committee." But the posturing is unconvincing; the lesson of the 1968 Democratic primary in New Hampshire is not lost on G.O.P. strategists...
...booked" by a gum-chewing, shoulder-holstered detective who looked like he had seen too many TV thrillers. "Over here... Name?... Occupation?... How do you spell seminarian?... Never mind... s-t-u-d-e-n-t..." And Fingerprints. They get about twenty-five of those-that is, if the man doesn't smudge any. We didn't sign much. Somebody just put each of our ink-covered right thumbs on the bottom right-hand corner of everything. Then the mug shots-J. Edgar needs to keep up-to-date photos...
...Coalition must spell out the nature of nonviolence to both the public and to members of the Coalition. The theory of self-defense must be clarified, and PAX urges that the premise of defending oneself during a civil disobedience action will be abandoned in the Gandhian tradition, PAX suggests as a model, the demonstrations fun locally by N-DAG (Nonviolent Direct Action Group...