Word: cooks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...building. "Hey, Mom, it's time," calls one of the male cadets. This time it's an affectionate nickname, a mark of respect for her record, which brought her a cadet promotion. Like many of the women at West Point, she admits that she likes to cook and sew. (She's receiving a sewing machine for graduation.) She buckles on a curved saber, wraps a purple sash around her waist...
Underlying all these complaints, however, was a general weariness with a way of life that has gone on demanding sacrifice with few rewards. "I just couldn't live there any more," said Aldo Montenegro, 39, a Havana cook. "They kill ambition. One has to live in misery." Concurred Lazaro Bijande, 18, a Havana student: "I was born in the revolution. They taught me that all this is good. In the end, it's all a fraud. Cuba doesn't advance...
Company numbers come off the strongest. The cast of five dance and sing best when all together. Porter's "Too Darn Hot" is the most successful number in the show. The choreography is smooth, the performance fairly polished. The women's trio in "I Can Cook, Too" evoked loud laughter, as did the men's equally amusing rendition of the song in a modern parody of the 1944 Bernstein classic. After Hours could use more of this kind of innovation...
...demanded to be tried in military courts. "I am a prisoner of war," screamed Carlos Alberto Torres, 27, who had been on the FBI's Most Wanted list since 1977. Impassively, Judge Kelly ordered the defendants held for arraignment this week. As Torres was hauled off to Cook County Jail, he shouted: "?Viva Puerto Rico libre!" Outside the building about 50 supporters waved red flags and chanted: "Drive the Yankees to the sea; Puerto Rico will be free...
...mentally handicapped children in Cambridge, Harvard and Eliot House are almost like summer camp. Every Saturday those 15 come to the University to cook, swim or even try out for the Special Olympics...