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This matter is no joke. Congressional investigators quoted in The New York Times contend that Cabrera's money was solicited by a Democratic fundraiser--in Havana. And, these sources say, Cabrera had a wallet photo of himself with none other than chief dictator Castro at the time of his most recent arrest, in which he was charged with smuggling 3,000 pounds of cocaine into the country through the Florida Keys...
...decision to pursue medicine was based on a personal preference to contend with nature rather than with an opposing advocate as an adversary," he wrote in the 25th anniversary report of his College class...
...champions of the amendment contend they set the same standard for homosexuals and heterosexuals: no sex outside wedlock. But its opponents point out a double standard: the church does not allow monogamous, same-sex couples to marry. "I feel like my church has slapped me in the face," says Scott Anderson, co-moderator of Presbyterians for Lesbian and Gay Concerns. "This is an action rooted in fear and not in love." Anderson had been pastor of the Bethany Presbyterian Church in Sacramento, California, until members of his congregation, opposed to some of his policies, "outed...
Many defense experts contend the Pentagon is suffering from a cold war hangover. The General Accounting Office, the Congressional Budget Office and the private Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments have suggested dramatically paring back--and in some cases, killing--the programs. They point out that the Pentagon conceived the F-22, its superstealthy fighter, more than a decade ago to counter two 21st century Soviet warplanes then on the drawing boards. But U.S. officials concede that the Russians have scrapped one of the planes, and that only a few of the second are likely to be built...
...which numbered 3,500 last October, is now down to around 1,500 heads thanks to a combination of shootings and severe winter weather. Even if Montana officials succeed in eliminating all buffalo that wander into neighboring federal forest ranges in search of food, they still will have to contend with other potential brucellosis carriers, such as elk, Babbit said. Meanwhile, guns are held at the ready...