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...they were told to crack down on piracy; while they were at it, they might as well rescue anyone in distress. They made their first drug bust in 1890. Over the years, the Coast Guard fought the maritime "rum wars" during Prohibition, saved tens of thousands of Cuban refugees and became the nation's lead oil-spill cleanup unit. Now the Coast Guard is supposed to protect the nation's 95,000 miles of coastline against terrorist attacks...
...seven-point deficit in opinion polls prior to last month's election. There's a sense in Berlin that the fun people are clearing their desks. The German Defense Minister, Peter Struck, sang in a rock band; Schröder and Fischer were renowned for their fondness for Cuban cigars and a comfortable lifestyle. "Governing is fun!" Schröder quipped at the end of his first term, sending shock waves though Germany's conservative establishment. "They all wore suits and ties to the office," Lindner said of his colleagues in the Bundestag. But "in their heads they saw themselves...
...poor conditions, swathed in tropical shadows, exposing strong body language and facial expressions that are at once haunting and joyful, often within the same frame."Wow, wow, wow!" says Garcetti with a smile, recalling the first day on the island when he and his wife encountered an energetic Afro-Cuban dance troupe marching down a Havana street to promote a performance. "I saw their spirit, their joy, and once the door was open, these dancers opened their hearts...
...than one significant difference. For one, Cores are much more focused. They purport to teach modes of thought rather than provide a broad background in the topic itself. The aforementioned History 10a, a broad introduction to Western history, counts for the same Core credit as a class on the Cuban Revolution. Additionally, many of these Cores treat non-Western subject matters. These two differences seem to pose a bit of an internal contradiction. More likely than not, your department wont let you graduate from Harvard without grounding you in the Western ideas that pertain to it, but outside of your...
...Airways, whose Boeing 737 crashed near Athens--are sharing almost no reliable information with the public. And Venezuela's anti-U.S. stance is keeping investigators for the plane manufacturer from looking into why the West Caribbean McDonnell Douglas MD-82 went down en route from Panama to Martinique. Cuban officials have been asked to join the probe instead, but aviation experts say full information sharing is necessary to ensure global air safety...