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...quoted Fidel Castro's remark on the presidential candidates: "Never, in times so complex and chaotic as these, have we faced two contenders who are so boring and insipid" [VERBATIM, Aug. 21]. Methinks if George W. Bush is elected, Cuba's Mr. Big Man may be eating his words. Then it will be adios, Fidel! VEE LAPHAM Schaumburg...
Most Cubans adore Felix--one reason that Fidel Castro tapped him to carry the Cuban flag at Sydney. Savon, from the rural town of San Vicente, is regarded by Cubans as a ninote (big boy), a gentle giant with a fierce family loyalty and a punishing work ethic. Savon's address is kept secret to thwart money-waving promoters like Don King. On flights, at hotels and around Havana, though, they find him. Yet he echoes Stevenson (and many Americans, for that matter) when he calls pro boxing "dirty and exploitive." "He is a real asset to Cuba," says Vice...
...Like the Energizer Bunny, the 74-year-old Castro kept pounding away. When he paused for breath, he might have heard people snoring or noticed the woman who woke with a start, forgot where she was and tried to get up and leave. No such luck...
...After speaking for four hours, two minutes and 22 seconds, Castro finally raised the issue of that handshake with President Clinton. His account: "We all gathered in a line to move to the room" for a group photograph after lunch with Kofi Annan last Wednesday, explained Castro. "As we moved closer to the room, I could see President Clinton greeting each dignitary as they passed by. At first, I was three minutes away, then two, I had nowhere to move but forward, then one! There I was, face to face with the President of the United States! What could...
...Then, Castro looked at his watch (it was 2 a.m.) and wistfully wished everyone "a good evening; no, I mean good morning." He also pledged to return to give "updates" on issues of mutual interest. That brought a stampede to the exits -well, sort of. The problem was, everyone was too tired to run and simply slid silently away slowly into the void of the early morning darkness...