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...families years ago, but now there are a lot of new people, a lot of single people" Moniz muses. "A few families stayed around for a long time, but now people are more mobile, more transient." He sighs, looking down at his splitting knuckles...
...President Jean-Bertrand Aristide who is scheduled to return to Haiti on Saturday, Clearly is a transient figure. He has provided no credible vision for Haiti's future and seems vague about the details of governing. The Clinton Administration's conditional support for Aristide is an appropriate response...
Gentle and artless but with a strong social bite, Griffith's best songs conjure up a series of four-minute worlds, miniature but universal brushes with blind fate, transient love and life's harsh realities. In Trouble in the Fields, struggling Okie farmers battle the farm depression of the early '80s, "when the bankers swarm like locusts out there, turning away our yield." Lookin' for the Time tells of a forlorn streetwalker who dreams of the day when she can afford to let the cruising "limos just slide...
...Copley Square Park is a haven in the city. It is the site of a number of seasonal activities including concerts in the summer, transient book fairs and a farmers' market. The proposed 12-foot-by-12-foot structure will interrupt the vista between the Boston Public Library and the Trinity Church. Long lines of patrons will also detract from the park's appeal...
Consider the moral effects of marijuana prohibition. After booze and NyQuil, pot is probably America's No. 1 drug of choice -- a transient, introspective high that can cure nausea or make the evening sitcoms look like devastating wit. An estimated 40 million Americans have tried it at some point, from Ivy League law professors to country-and-western singers. Yet in some states, possession of a few grams can get you put away for years. What does it do to one's immortal soul to puff and wink and look away while about 100,000 other Americans remain locked...