Word: skol
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...State Department moderates lobbied to maintain informal exchanges, including charter flights. Morton Halperin, the National Security Council's point man on Cuba, circulated a draft presidential speech offering carrots to Castro if he adopted reforms. Hard-liners, led by the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Latin America, Michael Skol, allied themselves with the core group and launched a guerrilla war against the conciliatory moves. Clinton shelved the carrots and embarked on the hard line...
...closed-door talks between U.S. and Cuban negotiators ended today, amid indications that a sliver of middle ground on the refugee crisis could emerge by week's end. Chief Cuban delegate Ricardo Alarcon left New York for Havana after an hourlong mini-summit this morning with Michael Skol, the U.S. representative. Alarcon, who plans to consult with higher-ups at home, said he would return "in a few days." U.S. officials, who have offered to accept 20,000 Cubans in return for a halt to the boatlift, suggested they were disappointed with a new Cuban counterproposal. TIME State Department correspondent...
...will meet in New York City Thursday with clashing agendas. In one corner: Ricardo Alarcon, Cuba's National Assembly president, who represented his country in 1990 at the United Nations and in 1991 during the Gulf War, known for a sharp tongue and debating skills. In the other: Michael Skol, the second-ranking official in the State Department's Latin American bureau. The U.S. will offer to relax immigration standards for Cubans if Fidel Castro will stop the refugee flow. Alarcon, who succeeded in getting a majority of the U.N. General Assembly to condemn the decades-old U.S. economic embargo...
...inside, Yale lost second team All-Ivylinebacker Kevin Skol to graduation. Heading thereturnees, though, is senior Milt Hubbard (43tackles and an interception...
...inside, Yale lost second team All-Ivylinebacker Kevin Skol to graduation. Heading thereturnees, though, is senior Milt Hubbard (43tackles and an interception...