Word: skiffs
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...President seems already to be measuring the bass in the lake. "George gets a great joy from it," says the father, who gave him a fishing skiff for the lake. "That's a little boat he can get in and row around. He put in some bass holds. Those are holes dug in the lake bottom and filled up with branches, and the bass will hold there. We talk about how the holds are looking. And I got him a gun case for his birthday." Barbara glances up, chides, "Don't give it away." The President grins, a little sheepishly...
There were surely many emotions in the heart of Elizabet Brotons Rodriguez when she bundled Elian into a crowded 17-ft. aluminum skiff in the predawn hours of Sunday, Nov. 21. High among them must have been hope. In the 40 years since Fidel Castro came to power, tens of thousands of Cubans have taken a fateful step to a better life in just the same way: from shore to boat, with hopes of a quick and easy landfall. And 1999 was a particularly popular year for the trip. The Coast Guard picked up more than 1,300 rafters, more...