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...minds who know the Cuban missile crisis best--including the defense secretary during the 1962 standoff between the U.S. and Soviet Union--gathered last night at the Institute of Politics (IOP) to talk about nuclear weapons and the new movie "Thirteen Days," a film which documents the crisis that almost brought the world to nuclear...
...lesson, McNamara said, he learned from the Cuban missile crisis...
NOVEL SLEEPER BEFORE NIGHT FALLS FINE LINE Little-known Javier Bardem, who portrays Cuban novelist Reinaldo Arenas, was booked on the Early Show, Rosie, Charlie Rose and Weekend Today, while his director appeared in bookstores nationwide to sign copies of Arenas' work...
...travel organization based in New Rochelle, N.Y. CCS's Insight Programs offer behind-the-scenes, personalized explorations and feature access to places tourists usually don't see--a tour of Old Havana with a member of the Committee for the Defense of the Revolution, say, or dinner in a Cuban home. Since May, founder Steve Rosenthal, who says his fully licensed company is apolitical, has sent about 200 people, 60% of whom are over 55. "We've had such a long and interesting history with Cuba over the past 40 years, the older adults are more aware of U.S.-Cuban...
...little. Most trips average about $1,800, plus airfare. What's more, authorized visitors are allowed to bring back $100 worth of Cuban goods, which includes both rum and those famous cigars...