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...higher percentage of Jewish residents than Tel Aviv. A generation ago the Jews dominated South Florida as the Cubans do now. But like the Magnificent Ambersons, they refused to change when the times changed, and today the leadership mantle has slipped from their hands. Or, as a Jewish Coconut Grove resident put it, "In 20 years Miami has gone from...
Blacks say that white Miami is embarrassed of them because they are poor. Three years ago, when the city decided to redevelop a Black area of Coconut Grove, skeptics claimed that the city didn't do it out of social consciousness but because it was afraid the tourists would see an ugly side of town. As Miami has grown wealthier, the Blacks' poverty has become more noticeable, and the Blacks have been pushed onto the margin of economic life...
...rises just 14 ft. above the waves and tends to be swampy when the tide rolls in. A herd of wild donkeys still roams the deserted remains of an old coconut plantation, and would-be snorkelers are warned to watch out for sharks that circle its shores...
...pointedly told journalists that important trade-contract discussions were under way that could prove extremely profitable to the French. Although the Philippines had already been promised Moscow's free Olympic travel package if it decided to attend, the Soviets sent word later that large-scale purchases of Philippine coconut products were under consideration. No link was made to Olympic politics, but then none was needed. The message arrived only a few days before a meeting of the Philippine Olympic Committee, which voted nonetheless to support the boycott...
...Croix has seen mindless racial killing. Trinidad and Jamaica, Barbados and the Bahamas have become tourist traps. Cuba and, to some extent, Haiti have been mutated; Castroism is infecting other islands, notably Grenada. In many parts of the West Indies, political, economic and social unrest are curdling the coconut milk...