Word: islander
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...moreover, came at a time when Cuba is capturing unusual attention. In addition to its continuing military role as a Soviet proxy in Africa, it has lately become a source of renewed concern for American security in this hemisphere. The controversy over the Soviet brigade stationed on the island is only part of it. Equally perturbing is Cuba's role in the midst of the political unrest now brewing in the Caribbean, which has long ceased to be an "American lake." It is not "Havana's pond," either, but Cuba is clearly seeking to take advantage of targets...
...have been fears that the Caribbean has become an arena for superpower rivalry, with Havana, as usual, acting as Moscow's surrogate. Says a U.S. official: "There is a great concern that America and its ideological values are in retreat. If the Cubans were to lure the little island countries of the eastern Caribbean into their sphere of influence, it would send shock waves throughout Central America all the way to Cape Horn...
...socialist regime that established relations with Havana. There is worry in Washington that the Sandinista revolt could spill over into El Salvador and Guatemala, where repressive military regimes are struggling against leftist dissidents. Grenada's warm embrace of Havana could set an example for other former British island possessions in the eastern Caribbean...
Cuba has been careful to aim only at those targets where it can win friends with a minimum investment. In Grenada, for example, notes one businessman, "the Cubans made an excellent choice of aid when they gave the island its first fishing trawler"-a 65-ft. vessel that will greatly augment the tiny catch made by the country's fleet of small, open fishing boats. In an interview with TIME, Grenada's Socialist Prime Minister Maurice Bishop claimed that "one of the reasons Cubans are in Grenada is because the Americans aren't." He said it took...
...compelled to write Duke of Deception, because it "was the only way I know how to deal with being left behind by my father." Duke left behind his son both literally--deserting the family in the mobile home mecca of Sarasota, Florida, for a financially-draining fling on Vancouver Island--and emotionally--substituting "glittering things" for fatherly affection. Continuing the precedent set by Geoffrey's grandfather, Duke discovered "love's shortcut through stuff," lavishing filched motorboats and sportscars on his child...