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...Fidel Castro, whose Communist regime has expelled bishops and priests, eliminated church schools, made it difficult for practicing Christians to get government jobs and even discouraged the observance of Christmas because it impeded the sugar- cane harvest. Pronouncements on faith, however, surface regularly in Fidel and Religion: Conversations with Friar Betto, just published in Cuba with Castro's own imprimatur. It is proving to be an instant hit: when the 379-page volume went on sale in Havana bookstores three weeks ago, lines of purchasers stretched for blocks...
...book is drawn from 23 hours of interviews Castro gave last May to Friar Betto, 41, born Carlos Alberto Libanio Christo. The author, a Dominican brother in Sao Paulo, Brazil, is a leftist churchman who served four years in a Brazilian prison for sheltering anti-government guerrillas. He embraces liberation theology, which offers theological support for resisting political and economic oppression and is usually based on Marxist analysis...
Harvard's defense--led by goalie Jennifer White's 30 saves--shut down the Friar offense after Brown's rampage...
Bailliere--apparently thinking that 15 saves was not enough of a night's work for Friar goalie Kathy Carney--bulled into the off-balanced netminder during a power play and carried her to the glass. While the flailing goalkeeper tumbled to the ice, Bailliere skated after the puck...
...Friar forward Cheryl Adams outran the Crimson defense and slammed a shot on Harvard goalie Denise Katsias. Katsias made a brilliant block but her defense didn't cover it. Friar Midfielder Kerrie Fissette trapped the rebounded ball and plugged it into...