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However Cuba changes, there will be difficult times with its neighbor to the north. Even before the murderous enticement of Washington's wet-foot, dry-foot policy that rewards Cubans who survive the trip across the waters with citizenship (while denying many visa requests made through proper channels in Havana)--even before Fidel Castro--relationships have been uneasy between Cuba and the U.S., which essentially colonized the island after Spain left in 1898. There was the U.S. administrator who in the early 1900s announced plans to "whiten" the population. And the 1901 Platt Amendment, which helped carve the U.S. Naval...
...Brook Equestrian Center in Hamilton, Mass. “What he said definitely fueled us for the match,” said captain Nicholas B. Snow ’09. “He really wanted to see what the Harvard polo team could do if we put our foot on the gas.” Jones has been one of the team’s strongest supporters and invited the team to his Texas ranch in early September. A polo player himself, Jones said he was impressed with the team’s overall performance...
...screen or how he, a city dweller, got a tribal sheik to speak on his behalf. He hints that some money changed hands. "Everything is possible with dollars," he says with a laugh. He claims that at least five of the men in his SOI group had been foot soldiers for al-Qaeda. The U.S. soldiers with whom they have regular contact "don't know anything about us," he said...
...captain Luke Sager said. “It was tough to do anything.”Anticipating the impact the strong wind would have on the game, Harvard chose to take the advantage in the first half to try and put the Minutemen on the back foot from the start.The Crimson, however, was unable to break through in the first 45 minutes with the wind at its back. Harvard managed five shots, but only junior Brian Grimm’s effort forced UMass’ All-American senior goalkeeper Zack Simmons into a save.After switching sides at halftime, the Crimson...
Anticipating the impact the strong wind would have on the game, Harvard chose to take the advantage in the first half to try and put the Minutemen on the back foot from the start...