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MOST HOMEOWNERS WOULD READILY AGREE THAT the only good termite is a dead termite, but the one unearthed on a dig in the Dominican Republic was better than most. The insect, trapped between 25 million and 30 million years ago in a blob of tree sap that hardened into amber, has yielded genetic material that is the oldest ever studied, by at least 8 million years. It has also resolved a long-simmering dispute over the family tree of cockroaches...
Afterward, the opposing coach, Rafael Avila, was exultant. "For us it's a victory," he said. "I'm very pleased with our kids." The Dominicans had, after all, come within eight runs of tying the Cubans. The Cuban pitcher, for his part, complained that he'd had a bad day. And the smiling Cuban centerfielder Victor Mesa (a.k.a. "El Loco") bubbled over with noblesse ; oblige: "The Dominican Republic should be very proud to lose only 8-0." Across town that afternoon, where another dominant Dream Team was on display, the responses were almost identical. "Our objective has been to keep...
...chief ROBERT BONNER may want to begin circulating his resume. Bonner started the fight with "Operation Granite," a new drug- interdiction scheme he concocted for the Caribbean. Under a plan that one top Administration source calls "remarkably stupid," DEA would base 10 Black Hawk helicopters in Jamaica and the Dominican Republic for chasing down drug smugglers flying out of Colombia. One of Bonner's targets: drugs being air- dropped to boats. Customs and the Coast Guard objected, since they already operate large interdiction forces in the Caribbean. Besides, the air drops are declining, according to DEA information that agency chief...
...prestige producer of quality cigars. When the U.S. placed an embargo on Castro's communist economy in 1962, the forbidden Cuban premiums took on mythical qualities. For the truly devout, the mythic Cuban cigar has a heavy and rich aromatic taste that generally milder and sweeter cigars from the Dominican Republic, Honduras and Jamaica cannot match...
...team members, who all hail from Puerto Rico, Cuba or the Dominican Republic, drew praise for their work with Latino youth in education in front of a crowd of more than 100 at bell Hall...