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Poppy Folly: Your stars - It could happen
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People misconstrue the Aries sector. The aggression and energetic
imbecility that we associate with the sign mark it out as the natural
homeland for fascists. But though Ariens are bullies (Ethel Kennedy,
Tamerlane the Great) they generally lack the mental stamina to
construct and adhere to an ideological framework. More simply, and
less to their credit, they're not obedient enough.
However, Ariens are extremely interested in power and,
consequently, they tend to make quite good dictat...
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Poppy Folly: Your stars - It could happen
The Independent - London
; People misconstrue the Aries sector. The aggression and energetic imbecility that we associate with the sign mark it out as the natural homeland for fascists. But though Ariens are bullies (Ethel Kennedy, Tamerlane the Great) they generally lack the mental stamina to construct and adhere to an
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Haiti suing 35 linked to Duvalier
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; Haiti has filed suit against 35 associates of ousted dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier, accusing them of stealing public money. The suit charging misappropriation of funds was filed last week, Justice Ministry spokesman Pierre Ezechias said Thursday. It does not say how much money the government
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`Baby Doc' still living high life
Chicago Sun-Times
; MOUGINS, France The eight-day visa given deposed Haitian dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier expired nearly four years ago, but down here in southern France he's just part of the luxurious landscape. "He goes where he wants, does what he wants, like any citizen of France," said Christian Tac,
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Stroger dynasty a mistake
Chicago Sun-Times
; In the Third World and some communist states, dictatorial one- party governments often claim that they are democratic republics. Nonetheless, a common practice is for the ruling party leader to try to pass control on to his children. Examples include North Korea (Kim Il Sung, the "Great Leader," to
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Fabric of Haiti
The Washington Post
; In their op-ed piece, "Haitians: Locked Out Because They're Black" {op-ed, Aug. 24}, Randall Robinson and Benjamin Hooks recount murder and other human rights abuses in Haiti, as though such horrible events are of recent vintage in that country. In her book "Haiti," Elizabeth Abbott, herself a
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PINOCHET RULING: The Ex-Dictators: Where Can They Hide Now?
The Independent - London
; General Idi Amin Dada Former dictator fled Uganda with one of his wives and several children after being deposed in l979, leaving a bankrupt country. He found refuge in Saudi Arabia. General Amin is not allowed to travel, and is said to have been ill from a sexually transmitted disease. President
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People: Duvalier feels the pinch
The Independent - London
; AS Raoul Cedras and his henchmen contemplate life in exile, a fellow countryman could offer them advice. But the ex-Haitian dictator, "Baby Doc" Duvalier, is keeping a low profile in his adopted home on the French Riviera. Reporters approaching his villa have been shooed away by his mother, Simone
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Simone Duvalier, Haitian matriarch
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; Simone Duvalier, who rose from a childhood of poverty and abandonment to become the wife of one Haitian dictator, mother of another and a power in her own right, died of undisclosed causes in a clinic outside Paris on Dec. 26. She was in her mid-80s and had lived in France since being forced into
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Obituary: General Claude Raymond
The Independent - London
; CLAUDE RAYMOND was one of the most feared symbols of the infamous Duvalier regime which ruled the benighted Caribbean state of Haiti for three decades until 1986. Under Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier, the voodoo physician who seized power in 1957, Raymond emerged in the key post of head of the
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racing: THE POKER CRUISE: All Doved up as Sedgefield lass lands ladies' loot.(Sports)
The Racing Post (London, England)
; Byline: David Ashforth WE'RE all at sea, somewhere between Saint Martin and Labadee, a small peninsular attached to Haiti, where lifetime president 'Papa Doc' Duvalier used to be spectacularly horrible until he died, after which his son, 'Baby Doc' Duvalier, continued the tradition. If someone
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