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Elian Gonzalez was supposed to restore the flagging fortunes of the Cuban-American exile leadership; instead he may have turned into their worst nightmare. The six-year-old flew back to Havana Wednesday afternoon, and not only were the streets of Miami quiet, but the 38-year-old U.S. embargo of Cuba - whose cause the exile leadership hoped to bolster through their Elian campaign - appears to be crumbling too. The Supreme Court Wednesday refused to hear an appeal against the ruling by two lower courts upholding the government decision to recognize his father as his sole legal representative and therefore...
...busy in Orlando, Fla. They elected the 16 million-member Convention's first baby-boomer president, James Merritt, 47. They announced a couple of headline-grabbing conservative policies: support for the death penalty and an explicit ban on women pastors. But for all its productivity, the meeting was awfully quiet. This was because most of the usually rancorous, relatively liberal opposition sat it out. The rebels, who call themselves the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, will also meet in Orlando. They will be lodged at Disney World, enemy territory for the main body of Baptists, who have been boycotting the park...
...Officers were dispatched to Pennypacker Hall on a loud music complaint. The occupants stated that they would close the windows and quiet down...
...entryway system has its ups and downs. The rooms are more likely to be private and quiet, a boon if you're into a sedentary lifestyle. On the other hand, casual drop-in visits to anyone above the third floor are bound to seem a little contrived. Some find the entryway setup picturesque and charming. Others are less gracious, grumbling that a social life determined by stairwell is both tiring and stifling...
...edge of the wide screen to the other. Don't ask us why this minimalist drama won prizes last year at Cannes or why it is getting raves in its U.S. release. Set in the bleak French north, the film folds a whodunit plot into the tale of a quiet police officer (Emmanuel Schotte), his loutish pal (Philippe Tullier) and the slutty gal of their dreams (Severine Caneele). In 2 1/2 hours you will find a lot of staring and some huffing sex, and a twist to the murder mystery. If you go. If you stay...