Word: elian
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...Elian was having trouble sleeping. He kept climbing out of his little race-car bed and going into the living room, where his great-uncle Lazaro lay on the white leather couch. The boy had been watching his relatives fight over him all this time; he had seen the news reports. It had been another long day. He snuggled next to Lazaro, who stroked the boy's hair. "I'm afraid. Are they coming for me?" Elian asked again and again. Lazaro tried to comfort him, explaining in a calm voice that everything would be O.K. "Relax," Lazaro said...
Donato Dalrymple was dozing on another couch nearby, still dressed in his jeans and polo shirt. One of the fishermen who rescued Elian on Thanksgiving Day, the former missionary had practically moved into the Gonzalez house these past few days, convinced that he had a calling to protect this kid, no matter what. When he heard the pounding and the screaming, he thought it was a dream...
...CAUSA member Richard A. Perez '00, who is also a Crimson editor, said that that calling some Cuban-Americans disloyal simply because they disagree over Elian's fate goes against the very spirit of what the community as a whole came to the United States to protect...
...Every opinion should be heard and shouldn't be persecuted," he said. "One of the reasons why [Cuban Americans] want Elian to stay [in the United States] is for freedom of speech...
...order to raise awareness about their position, CAUSA is planning to distribute information concerning the case next week outside the Science Center and is organizing a forum later this month at the Institute of Politics to address the issue of Elian's fate...