Word: cubanism
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...didn't back his war on terrorism, especially after most Latin American governments refused to bless his invasion of Iraq. But Latins argue that they had a hard time taking the Bush crusade seriously when he himself was harboring a suspected terrorist. That would be Luis Posada Carriles, a Cuban exile suspected and arrested in various countries, and once convicted (though later pardoned), for crimes that included the 1976 bombing of a Cuban jetliner that killed 73 people, the 1997 bombings of two Havana hotels that killed an Italian tourist, and a 2000 plot to assassinate Fidel Castro. After entering...
...makes money from Twitter now.' MARK CUBAN, Dallas Mavericks owner, in a Twitter message about being fined by the NBA for insulting referees on the service...
...Girl Talk), who mixes hit pop songs and familiar classics, many of the YouTube clips selected by Kutiman, when viewed apart from one another, are ... well... bunk. Who wants to watch - or, for that matter, hear - a vintage fire siren wailing away on a piece of plywood? Or a Cuban percussion instrument made from a gourd. OK, that one is kinda cool, but footage of a trombone recital recorded by an unsteady, possibly intoxicated cameraman? No, thank you. In the Israeli maestro's hands, though, such raw material becomes ... well... awesome. See for yourself...
...loss. We’re still surviving over there.”The restaurant hasn’t seen bill figures going down, either. But in places where diners are now spending less, collateral damage is felt throughout the ranks.Chez Henri, a Porter Square restaurant that offers French and Cuban food, has seen diners ordering less. Dining room manager, Christy Leveroni said her conversations with servers have revealed that times are tough.“They’re not thrilled,” she said.SUNNY IN A SNOWSTORMAlthough most Square restaurants reported at least a small dip in their...
...with Latin America in general. By the same token, Raúl, who has insisted on U.S. concessions on items like the embargo before he delivers his own, like releasing jailed dissidents, surely knows he'll have to give a little on his side to crack the embargo. The Cuban Taliban was certainly not the man for a diplomatic challenge like that. So if Raúl is smart, he chose his new Foreign Minister to be more than just a figurehead - and if Obama is wise, the White House will make the effort to engage...