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Flynn's unifying tone was noticeably absent in Miami. Suarez, 34, a wealthy attorney who once ran unsuccessfully for a seat on the city commission, openly appealed to the Cuban hunger for political control of the city. Little Havana was plastered with signs for "nuestro alcalde" (our mayor), and one particularly crude political cartoon distributed by Suarez's organization portrayed Ferre in a phone booth talking to Fidel Castro. Cuban radio stations conveyed the message that "no one but a Cuban is pro-American enough for our interests...
Ironically, the government almost invited such license as it became more and more lenient. Earlier this year, for example, it tolerated a flowering of experimental and unorthodox dramas. Playwright Gao Xingjian's Bus Stop presented a story about eight people awaiting a bus that never arrives. Conspicuously absent were all the trappings of conventional Chinese drama: plot, moral and exhortation. Meanwhile, thousands of citizens were flocking to a production of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, directed by Miller himself at Peking's prestigious Capital Theater. The spectators sympathized so warmly with Bourgeois Protagonist Willy Loman...
...councilors postponed a vote on both matters until December 5, in deferance to Walter J. Sullivan and Mayor Alfred E. Vellucci, who were absent from last night's session...
...players from last season absent from the current squad accounted for 103 of the 177 goals scored in the '82-'83 campaign. Besides the Fuscos some other major departures are those of the Olson brothers, team Captain Greg and ECAC tournament MVP Mitch, and a pair of new pro players, defenseman Neil Sheehy and forward Greg Britz...
Boston University and Northeastern finished second and third, respectively, in the freshman eights competition, while the second Harvard freshman boat captured fourth place. The other teams in the race were Columbia, Tufts, and MIT--the Yale crew team was noticeably absent from the Harvard waters...