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...emphasize that his priority would be to make Cuba's sclerotic system more efficient and open in order to "satisfy the basic needs of our population, both material and spiritual, starting with a sustained strengthening of our national economy and its productive base." But, as if cowed by the shadow of big brother, Raul insisted that only Fidel could be considered Cuba's true commander-in-chief. "We all know it," he admitted while adding that all major official decisions will continue to be vetted by Fidel...
...part make up for Mos Def’s hopelessly awkward dialogue: he mumbles, murmurs, and slurs his words so frequently that its difficult at times to believe he’s a successful and talented rapper.While Mos Def’s shortcomings in Black’s shadow are understandable, “Be Kind Rewind” stumbles from start to finish. Despite showcasing some of Gondry’s finest visual work, the film as a whole lacks an earnestness, a naïveté, that came so effortlessly in his previous works. As silly and loveable...
...great cost to his organization, that open confrontation with U.S. forces is a bad idea. The Mahdi Army fared poorly against U.S. troops in two separate uprisings in southern Iraq that year. In the years that followed, Sadr's militia fighters kept up a kind of shadow war against U.S. troops, staging sporadic guerrilla attacks. But the Mahdi Army has largely avoided confronting U.S. forces for years, and the cease-fire Sadr announced unexpectedly six months ago was not directed at the Americans as much as it was aimed at halting fighting between Sadr's followers and members...
...dark, crowded room on the tenth floor of the Science Center last night, students took turns looking through a telescope at an uncommon sight: the moon darkened rust-red by the shadow of the earth...
...change. Idámis Menéndez, Fidel's former daughter-in-law who has lived in Barcelona since 2001 and is no longer permitted to return to Cuba, says, " Raúl thinks very differently than Fidel. But he's lived his whole life in his brother's shadow, and the ministers and everyone else in the government are still the same. Raúl's not going to do anything now that would jeopardize his own interests...