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...will take more than the almond-syrup libations with which voodoo priests placate the god's wrath to save Haiti from U.S. anger if the thugs who run the country do not voluntarily give up power. The once lackadaisical trade embargo is beginning to bite now that U.S. ships are forcibly halting all sea traffic and the land border from the Dominican Republic has been virtually shut down. Two new measures aimed at toppling the strongmen who deposed democratically elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in 1991 -- suspension of all commercial air traffic from the U.S. beginning this Saturday...
...love he refers to is familial: "I consider it to be a good idea for us all to be together in these times of struggling." He points to a pantry stocked with some 15 cans of corn, a couple of jars of spaghetti sauce, and pancake mix and syrup -- proof, he says, that no one here goes hungry. He regards as misplaced any sentiment questioning his sisters' child rearing: "They are young single mothers who adore their children," he vouches. On a typical day, he ticks off, "the kids go to school, get fed, watch TV, go to sleep . . . like...
...until her death in 1990. The couple had two sons, and Roth did what he could to support a family. During World War II, he worked as a tool- and gaugemaker. After moving to Maine in 1946, he held a variety of jobs, including hospital psychiatric attendant, roadside maple-syrup vendor and waterfowl farmer...
...protected from buying less-expensive Mexican imports. The treaty provides for a 15-year adjustment period on sugar imports, but it also allows the Mexicans to export sugar freely after seven years if that nation has a surplus. Sugar-state lawmakers are worried that the Mexicans will substitute corn syrup and other sweeteners for domestic use and divert cane and beet sugar for export, thus creating an artificial surplus. "If it's not fixed," says Louisiana Senator John Breaux, " NAFTA cannot pass in the House. Period...
Marshall attributed this shift to the Midwest'scentral location and its abundance of materialslike corn syrup and sugar...