Word: whisperer
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...ships offshore harbor U.S. Marines who could land, just as they did in 1915 to restore stability and protect American investments following racial clashes between the country's mulatto and black citizens. Forgetting that the subsequent occupation lasted 19 years -- and was not always a happy one -- Haitian nationalists whisper that U.S. intervention may be the only answer. "You have to impose a solution. You can't negotiate," says one, who never thought he would welcome U.S. troops...
...additional 45 minutes pass, then shouts erupt. Necks crane toward a small, bright cloud that has formed in a virtually cloudless sky. Video cameras whir, and Polaroids spit out pictures. People whisper about the experience they have just shared. The announcer declares, "The Virgin Mary will now bless us." Arms extend portraits of Jesus, crucifixes and other % icons for blessing. Then Fowler steps onto the porch to relay Mary's words: "Pray and sacrifice, please...
...lawyers confirmed that the prosecution never presented any information to that effect. It was widely suspected that someone in the government, aware of Robinson's antipathy to the South African regime, provided the judge with false information to ensure a harsh sentencing for Pollard. Perhaps Weinberger himself did not whisper into Robinson's ear, but he certainly went out of his way to make sure Pollard received excessive punishment...
...beach. "The Marines showed admirable restraint," says Wilde. He tells the story of one U.S. trooper, faced with a particularly irritating photographer who refused to obey orders to lie down and keep quiet, finally fingering the trigger of his M-16 and asking his gunnery sergeant in a whisper, "Shall I blow him away?" The answer was no. All journalists, even experienced ones like Wilde, have been bedeviled by kat-chewing thugs, pesky mosquitoes and static-stricken telephone lines. "Nearly every correspondent has his story of being robbed at gunpoint, usually by preteen kids," reports Wilde...
...Italian cut of his suits, still looks as if his mother dresses him in the morning and tousles his hair before sending him off. Critics think the soft-spoken Stephanopoulos has insufficient heft to speak for the President; yet this brooding, dark presence has a quiet authority. His power whisper makes people lean into him, like plants reaching toward...