Word: shapes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...already beginning. Haitians and Americans are rushing preparations for Aristide's arrival. Volunteers are working to repair the President's white, two-story residence, which police had stripped and looted even of window frames after he fled the country. In the capital, the presidential palace is also in bad shape, but no restoration work can be scheduled until the de facto president, Emile Jonassaint, is pushed out -- possibly this week. Haitians say he is booby-trapping the palace with voodoo charms to thwart Aristide...
...best shape of my life," Martin said. "Each season I have improved. As long as I keep improving, that is the most important thing. I just want to do the best that...
...shape against Cornell because a hip-pointer limited my practice time (and also caused him to miss the second game of the season). When I was tired, Kweli came right in, and vice versa," Hu said. "Two backs really wear down the defense, and with out no-huddle offense, this system is best for the team. What's amazing is that our lineman are in for every play. They must be in better shape than...
...While Aristide can grant the army and police amnesty for political crimes -- mainly the coup -- his supporters are, for the most part, opposed to any parliamentary attempt to forgive what they call "blood crimes" like murder and rape. American officials say this is a domestic Haitian issue and the shape any amnesty finally takes -- or fails to take -- does not matter. Cedras, Biamby and Francois are obliged to resign anyway, and 15,000 U.S. troops will be on hand to make sure they...
...about elective politics. A Republican draft- Powell-in-1996 committee has signed up 20 state and 10 regional coordinators and begun raising money. But the general has had no contact with the group, and in fact has never declared himself a Republican -- or a Democrat. He helped to shape Republican foreign and military policy during the Reagan and Bush administrations, but friends say his views on civil rights and social issues may be too Democratic to reconcile with a right-leaning G.O.P...