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...Friday, seemed no closer to solving the refugee crisis despite a U.S. offer to admit more than 20,000 Cubans a year. A 45-minute meeting today reportedly contained an undisclosed Cuban response, and the two sides are to resume talks Wednesday morning. In Madrid, Cuba's Foreign Minister Roberto Robaina denied reports that Cuba would only be satisfied with a whopping 100,000 immigration ceiling. Meanwhile, 100 Cuban refugees in the Guantanamo Naval base volunteered to be moved out of the camp and put aboard planes for Panama, which has agreed to accept several thousand Cubans...
...results certainly weren't a surprise, but the margins of victory were. In the American League, Molitor received eight of the 14 votes, the White Sox's Frank Thomas got three, and Blue Jays Joe Carter and Roberto Alomar and Ranger Will Clark got one each. Tiger skipper Sparky Anderson, who chose Molitor, said, "I wouldn't even pause. I want to see him batting cleanup on a team where the first three hitters get on base 700 times. I promise you Molitor would knock in more runs than Frank Thomas or anyone. Molitor knows how to get a base...
...most talked-about events of Arts First was the premiere of the film "Silent Blessings," by Roberto Buso-Garcia '94 of Lowell House...
...Silent Blessings," according to its writer and director, Roberto Buso-Garcia, '94, "is the story of two Puerto Rican brothers living in Cambridge, chronicling a string of critical moments in their romantic, familial and cultural lives." The emergence of the film and its umbrella organization, the Harvard/Radcliffe Filmmakers, is part of a concerted effort by about 40 to 50 Harvard students to revolutionize independent filmmaking at the college. As the premiere draws near, the people who worked with the film recalled its production, filming, and the ups and downs of what for many was a new kind of artistic experience...
...turned down by the Office for the Arts," Park explained," they said that they did not fund film, period," As for the departmental resources, Roberto Buso-Garcia shared this story: "Once we needed a light meter, which is very essential, and so small that they don't rent it. We had a big shoot and all of the equipment all ready. We asked the VES department [if we could] borrow one and the head, [Alfred Guzzetti] said no, you know the rules, only the students in the department can use the equipment." The episode has a happy ending, however. "When...