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...even North Korea; a trade mission headed by retired admiral Elmo Zumwalt and his son is visiting Pyongyang this week. So Castro is promising Yankee investors they will make a lot of money in Cuba if they will pressure Washington to end the blockade. He has made some modest gestures in recent months to underscore his appetite for American investment: shaking the hand of Vice President Al Gore in Mexico last December, allowing improved phone service to the U.S. Ricardo Alarcon, president of Cuba's National Assembly and a key Castro adviser, wields a small stick: ``If the U.S. does...
...mechanics of Hanoi's urban renewal would make any big-city mayor blanch. Renovating even a modest old building can require relocating as many as a dozen families into alternate housing, as American officials discovered when they tried to reclaim the former U.S. consulate, which they plan to take back this month. Nghien hopes Hanoi's new foreign friends will put up the $2 billion it will take to rebuild the city's ancient infrastructure. ``We are not going to be another Bangkok,'' he vows. It is going to be a long, hard fight, but that is something Hanoians...
...about him is that he is earnest, honest and faithful to Socialist ideals. Yet the onetime economics teacher and former Education Minister pulled off a small miracle last week: within two days of winning the Socialist Party's presidential nomination, he saw his poll ratings rise four points. The modest increase was the first sign that the beleaguered Socialists might actually survive into the second and final round of the presidential election...
...this reporter's modest opinion, if Villiotte hadn't won the Beanpot MVP it would have been a mistake punishable by public flogging...
...foremost responsibilities of the Boston press is to remind residents about all of the good things that abound in the metro area. Every year, Boston magazine eagerly compiles "The Best of Boston" listings, praising everything from beer to magicians--255 winners in all (!) Thus, for the modest cover price of $2.95, Bostonians can forever evade mediocrity...