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Something's got to give. It's disturbing how blithely some Americans have resolved the dilemma by dismissing, even denigrating the father--and even the role of fathers. If it had been Juan Miguel Gonzalez who had died in the Straits of Florida and the mother who waited back in Cuba, Elian would have been sent back to her immediately, on the premise that the mother-child bond trumps politics. It's natural. But the father...that's different. In the postfeminist tabloid subconscious of America, fathers are problematic figures with bad track records--a certain smudge of anger...
...great challenge for Juan Miguel was that he was caught between a government with its own authoritarian rules and a family that was making them up as it went along. A month ago, when relatives assumed Castro would never let Juan Miguel out of the country, they said if he just came to the U.S. they would turn Elian over. Last week when he appeared, a thousand conditions had bloomed. In one breath the relatives promise they will obey the law, but they seem to mean only the laws that work to their advantage. Even though the courts ruled last...
...longer Juan Miguel stayed in Havana, living under Castro's surveillance in a government residence, the easier it was for the family to challenge his motives. But once he stepped onto American soil last week, a parent come to claim a lost child, the emotional balance of power began to shift, and so did the relatives' story. One day they would declare that they believe he is a loving father and that they are resisting his claims only because they fear he is being cruelly pressured by Castro. But the next moment family allies would revive charges that Juan Miguel...
...item 28. Yale is tops in this, according to U.S. News and World Report 29. Hood's handgun 30. Farrakhan's Nation of __ 32. In debt 35. Auctioneer's word 36. Columnist Joseph or Stewart 37. Brandon __ (Hilary Swank Oscar-winning role) 39. Mrs. Dithers 40. What Juan needed to come get Elian 41. Bibliography abbr. 42. It's keeping instant replay 43. __ y Plata (Montana' s motto) 44. Passive principle, in Chinese philosophy 45. CPR giver, perhaps...
...Florida. They imagine the voices he heard as the boat went down, the prayers and the screaming and the long loneliness as he floated on the waters in that inner tube. The fear has infected the children. Another friend of Elian's, Anthony, 8, had prepared a letter for Juan Miguel Gonzalez to hand to his son when he got to the U.S., but Anthony asked for it back for a revision. The boy said he had written about all the happy times they shared but had unthinkingly mentioned swimming pools and a nearby park that was filled with lakes...