Word: habana
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Airlines and free reservations at such luxury hotels as the Habana Hilton. At rum-punch receptions and over dinners of Morro crab, the friendly visitor soaks up heady talk of revolution, sometimes from the "maximum leader" himself...
...Mistake." Undisturbed by this, Miraglia went to Havana, checked into the Habana Hilton. On his story that he had "lost" his credit card, proved by showing a shoe store receipt with the credit-card number, he cashed $850 in checks to cover his hotel bills, and flew back to New York. While trying to cash a $120 check at the Plaza, he was recognized, arrested, booked for grand larceny...
...Fidel is always late," remarked a hairy barbudo, sitting next to me on a small table that usually holds daiquiris by the pool at the Habana Hilton...
Next time I go to Cuba, I'll bring my own sandwiches." Flying down to Havana at week's end, presumably without sandwiches, intrepid Correspondent Dubois ran headfirst into the embargo. At the Habana Hilton, bellhops refused to carry his bags and the waiters refused to serve him. Undismayed, Dubois dropped in at his favor ite restaurant. La Zaragozana, dined on bootleg paella (fish, chicken, rice) served by union members who amiably pretended they did not recognize their guest...
...Havana, which Castro must crack to win Cuba, every available police prowl car roamed the streets, and few citizens ventured out after dark. The 630-room Habana Hilton, opened with fanfare last month, had just 44 guests. General Pilar Garcia, Havana's tough new police chief, rounded up suspected rebel sympathizers by the dozens, while hundreds more went into hiding at the homes of friends and relatives...