Word: naval
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...Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuban refugees cavort happily on the beach in a scene reminiscent of a Club Med. They have good reason to celebrate: soon they will be flying off to freedom in the U.S. Meanwhile, less than a mile away, more than 200 Haitian children lounge listlessly under drab green tents, seeking refuge from the harsh midday sun. Camp Nine, their home since last June, is a desolate patch of cactus-filled desert where the only sign of life is an occasional banana rat or iguana. A fence encircles the camp, which is guarded by American soldiers...
...talks between senior U.S. and Cuban officials, infuriated anti-Castro activists in Miami and their supporters in Washington, and two veteran U.S. diplomats requested transfers off the Cuba desk. But in another turnaround, the agreement will also permit some 15,000 Cuban rafters now being housed at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo to come to the mainland, and some Cuba experts are hopeful that if Castro keeps his end of the bargain-mainly by not persecuting any rafters returned by the U.S. Coast Guard in the future-the icy relations between Havana and Washington might begin to thaw...
...Crimson finished fourth in the Heptagonal Track and Field Championships held at the Naval Academy this past weekend. This equaled its fourth-place finish at this winter's Heps...
Several paintings by local artist Blondel Joseph, who was born in northern Haiti, were on display in the Lyman Common Room at Agassiz House, along with other paintings, including depictions of the refugee camps at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba...
Hart Nautical Gallery. 55 Mass Ave., M.I.T., Cambridge. 253-5942. Ongoing. "Course 13, 1893-1993: From Naval Architecture to Ocean Engineering." "Permanent Exhibition of Ship Models...