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...mortgage or feeding the kids is for them as great a quest as anything Frodo ever faced. That, and putting a down payment on a little emotional security. A congenial body in a motel-room bed can keep the chill away; a congenial heart may be too much to hope...
...Dictatorships need isolation if they hope to resist freedom's onslaught. Fidel Castro's five decades in power were less the product of brilliance and charisma than of U.S.-enforced isolation. Uncle Sam's embargo provided Castro with the shield he needed to survive the demise of the communist bloc. The embargo denied Castro nothing he couldn't buy elsewhere, while his totalitarian communist system has destroyed entrepreneurial initiative, squandered wealth on weapons and brought abject poverty to the Cuban populace. Tony Gonzalez, Weeki Wachee, Florida...
...love of the revived floral trend, I am still rather down on the entire ’90s aesthetic. I am sure that the entire decade will eventually be revisited and everyone will duly love it again and think that clogs and Winona Ryder are really awesome, but I hope this is not in my lifetime. I do wish I dated Joey Lawrence, but that can wait until I am of the marrying age—in other words, as soon as I can fly to California. THREE TIPS FOR ROCKING THE FLORAL LOOK: 1) Try one article of floral...
...embassy in Bogota, as has Ecuador. But Correa may turn out to be a help to Insulza in this fracas. He is more measured in his responses than Chavez and Uribe, and said he was "pleased" if not completely satisfied with the OAS resolution. He and Chavez still hope for an OAS condemnation as well as an apology and reassurance from Bogota that future raids will not occur, but Ecuador's Foreign Minister called the resolution "a triumph." What's more, while Correa may be furious with Uribe, Latin diplomats suggest the Ecuadorean leader was also put off last weekend...
...Such are the passions that Insulza and the OAS are tasked with soothing. An added conundrum is the fact that before last weekend, there was some hope that the FARC, with Chavez as a mediator, might continue releasing some of its more than 700 hostages, including three U.S. defense contractors held in the Colombian jungle since 2003. That effort, which includes Ecuador and France (the most famous hostage is former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, a dual Colombian-French citizen), has likely been brought to a halt by last weekend's events. This Friday, Chavez, Uribe and Correa...