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...reason that will not cease to be relevant however U.S. troops go in. Their basic argument: Haiti is simply not worth the sacrifice of U.S. lives. Even an American diplomat on the scene concedes privately that in the "narrow, traditional" sense of the words, Haiti is not a vital interest for the U.S. It has no strategic position, no economic importance in terms of raw materials, markets or U.S. investment. Its army is no threat to the U.S., the Caribbean, Latin America or anybody except the unfortunate subjects of the dictatorship. The sarcastic summary of this position is that "Haiti...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Destination Haiti | 9/26/1994 | See Source »

...useful, therefore, to see how the methods employed to slow growth in Egypt match up with the ones outlined in the new U.N. plan. In Sinnuris officials try to link family-planning services to health care for women and children -- a combination considered vital by the delegates to Cairo. But Mohammed Zakaria, undersecretary for health affairs in Sinnuris, says he must also meet birth-control targets set each year (an approach deemed ineffective in the Cairo plan) and that after a second child, families must pay steep fees for hospital delivery (a disincentive generally frowned on as coercive). In general...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: More Power to Women, Fewer Mouths to Feed | 9/26/1994 | See Source »

...Upholding the reliability" of U.S. commitments, to use the President's words, is an especially disingenuous argument. No one can seriously doubt even Clinton's resolve to protect the nation's vital interests wherever they are truly at stake. In Haiti the credibility gap the President seeks to close is largely the result of his own dithering. Indeed, more than anything else, the current crisis can be traced to the President's capitulation to an unarmed rent-a-mob protesting the arrival of a U.S. warship last October. When the Harlan County turned away from Port-au-Prince, the junta...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Political Interest the Case for Intervention | 9/26/1994 | See Source »

...Harass those intrepid Crimson Key Society members. They represent a valuable resource and you don't even have to tip them. So we recommend following them through the Yard on tours, while asking vital questions. In which libraries do most Harvard students have sex? How often? How big is your key, anyway...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BANGING YOUR BUCK | 9/24/1994 | See Source »

...year Harvard won the Ivy League championship...Bucknell last beat the Crimson in 1964 (24-21), the year of the Civil Rights Act and the first full year of the Johnson administration...144 is divisible by six 24 times.Crimson File PhotoA strong effort by Harvard's defense will be vital if the Crimson are to beat Patriot League opponent Bucknell this afternoon...

Author: By Sean D. Wissman, | Title: Coach Murphy To Make Home Debut Today | 9/24/1994 | See Source »

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