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Since the violence of the Cuban regime is so evident, the speaker said the U.S. government should be willing to discuss only the terms of Castor's departure: "When, how, and where," Mas Canosa said...

Author: By Nan T. Ball, | Title: U.S. Cuban Policy Criticized | 5/5/1995 | See Source »

...account the actual interests of doctors-to-be, rather than one that treats them like cards to be shuffled around in a deck. The ideal system would introduce primary care as an attractive career choice early in the educational process, and not force it down unwilling throats like bitter castor...

Author: By Ivan Oransky, | Title: Solving the Primary Care Crisis | 4/29/1994 | See Source »

...scene outside a posh new smoke-free office building in West Los Angeles is typical. Smokers who want to light up have to go out back, near the delivery-truck entrance, and gather next to the Dumpster. Yet Susan Castor, a production assistant for a cable-TV company, has accepted her thrice-daily trips to the Dumpster with surprising equanimity. "I'd just as soon smoke out here and not have my smoke bother anyone," says Castor, who describes herself as a light smoker. "I think it should be that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Smoking: The Butt Stops Here | 4/18/1994 | See Source »

...Tsongas had spent only half a day in Illinois. But the latest polls show him within striking distance of Clinton, and his strength is not entirely inexplicable. As elsewhere, Tsongas benefits from the perception that he is a truth teller willing to inflict pain on a nation ready for castor oil. While the disadvantaged reject his message, it resonates among better-educated, higher-income whites -- the very Democrats most likely to vote on March 17. Around Chicago, Tsongas is also doing well among the white ethnics who voted for Reagan and Bush, not because he is seen as a strong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Political Interest: Onward to the Rust Belt | 3/16/1992 | See Source »

That also should enable Yeltsin finally to lift controls on prices and "privatize" state-owned property. To many Russians, that prospect is as appetizing as a large dose of castor oil. With everything in short supply, it is not surprising that the collectivist ethic has given way to the principle of every man for himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia: Unmerry Christmas | 12/30/1991 | See Source »

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