1.   A foot patrol marched through a chanting throng of supporters for the exiled president, the Rev. Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

2.   A year after American troops landed in Haiti to secure the return of its exiled president, the country is clearly in better shape.

3.   Despite the violence, Haitians prepared Tuesday for the return of their exiled president.

4.   It also follows some shifting on the part of the exiled Haitian president.

5.   Most of those seated in the simple wooden pews were supporters of the Rev. Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the exiled Haitian president.

6.   Most of the poorer people interviewed Wednesday said they supported the exiled president, the Rev. Jean-Bertrand Aristide, because he championed their cause.

7.   The dissonance between the president and the exiled president, which has gone on for months, continues.

8.   The exiled president has the support of many priests at the parish level, and of lay people involved in community and social programs.

9.   The exiled president was not at all happy with the agreement.

10.   The kindest words businessmen offer for the exiled president are that his government was disorganized, directionless, and lost during its short rule.