Word: cuba
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...some observers who do not necessarily approve of Nehru's actions in Goa feel, nevertheless, that Stevenson became somewhat too sweeping in his condemnation of the use of force. Since Korea, the U.S. has used force in Lebanon and may have to use it again in Cuba or Viet...
...They Just Want a Job." Miami has more than 80,000 refugees from Castro's Cuba, and others are arriving at the rate of 2,000 a week. Obviously, they pose economic and social problems to the community. But the Cubans themselves are more anxious than anyone else to help solve those problems. Back home, many of them were industrious, upper-middle-class citizens, with pleasant homes, cars and solid bank accounts. In Miami and other U.S. cities where they have settled, they are living on the frayed edge of poverty. They have gratefully accepted Government handouts-but they...
...opportunities are often better outside Miami. There are an estimated 15,000 Cuban refugees in New York. 2,000 in Chicago, 400 in New Orleans. But the vast majority prefer to stick together in Miami, even if it means privation. The climate, they point out, is similar to Cuba's-and, looking toward the happy day when Fidel Castro is gone, Miami will be only a short distance from home. Says Laureano Batista Falla, president of the exiled Christian Democratic Party: "What distinguishes them from other refugees that have to come to the United States is that they...
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...Crofton Grange, made passes at other finishing schools, finally put in two useful years at Britain's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. "I might have got a scholarship," she says, "but Daddy had too much money. He designs steel mills. He designed one for Pakistan and one for Cuba. Before." In a Royal Academy production, Sarah was spotted by Hugh ("Binki") Beaumont, one of London's top managers, "who in the theater if you're in with, you've got it made." Beaumont signed her for repertory, threw her into The Reluctant Debutante, a role...