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...months after I lost a fight to Jimmy Young in Puerto Rico and three years after I lost the heavyweight title to Muhammad Ali, I suddenly found that I couldn't talk enough. I had become a regular at the Church of Jesus Christ in Houston, and I was rising at every opportunity to give my testimony...
...person in the United States—particularly among the easily swayed voters of South Florida, a crucial state in presidential elections. Steam rolling his regime would be altogether too easy, and under new rulers his country could become as economically integrated with the U.S. as Puerto Rico. However, Comrade Castro lacks oil—and so he has not been a major focus for any U.S. government since the 60s. It is no coincidence that the repressive regime the U.S. chose to topple happened to have vast oil reserves...
Gone is 2002 Ivy Player of the Year Erik Rico, the Big Red’s two-time All-Ivy First Team outfielder and offensive machine. And without Rico’s .380 batting average and 11 homeruns, Cornell doesn’t have that much. Senior righthander David Sharfstien—an Honorable Mention All-Ivy honoree last season—is expected to anchor a mediocre pitching staff. He should be helped by a pair of junior righties, Chris Schutt and Dan Gala. But probably none of the starters will get much help from what...
...sons have also masterminded cigarette-smuggling deals, which are worth as much as several hundred million dollars. The European Union is currently suing RJ Reynolds, charging it with violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act because the company has allegedly allowed its products to be smuggled into Iraq, depriving the E.U. of millions of dollars in tax revenue. The company has strenuously denied the E.U. charges, which include a court filing that says Uday "oversees and personally profits from the illegal importation of cigarettes into Iraq...
...submit to questioning, we might as well give all terrorists a free pass to enter the country. Derwish was riding with an al-Qaeda leader; that seems enough justification to me. If you harbor or help terrorists, then you too are a terrorist. DOUG FISHER Dorado, Puerto Rico...