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...plugged military men loyal to him -- some retired, some still active -- into influential positions. Professional soldiers who once earned battle medals as mercenaries in Angola and Ethiopia are now assigned to repair city pipelines, build tourist hotels and direct industrial production. Generals are donning civilian clothes to run quasi-private corporations, from tourist hotels to department stores...
...This is just a highly symbolic move. We're not trying to become a quasi anti-racism judicial body," Rehling said. "Nini's won't go out of business because the student body boycotts...
...unworthy of American support. The State Department distributed a book full of allegations of human-rights abuses under his administration. The CIA briefed congressional leaders on his mental instability. Conservative Senators like Bob Dole and Jesse Helms claimed that Aristide was a rabid anti-American, a hatemonger and a quasi-communist. Although the charges have been largely discredited, the attacks did serious damage to his reputation at a time when his stature as a democrat...
...precisely this quasi-official status that makes Carterian diplomacy so attractive to our current president. If either of Carter's diplomatic initiatives fails, Clinton need only write him off as a well intentioned, if misguided, private citizen. If Carter succeeds, the President can claim him as his personal emissary. Carter turns out to be a win-win proposition for the White House...
This is the first time you will be taken seriously as a quasi-adult by those around you. The administration cares what you think (sort of), and you will have the opportunity to rise to the top of myriad extracurricular groups. Be forewarned, however, that many others are out to be taken seriously as well--hence the power struggles that plague many seemingly-benign organizations...