Word: thaw
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...point out that Cuba is getting rougher treatment than even Iraq and North Korea. Except, perhaps, when it comes to sports: The White House is backing plans by the Baltimore Orioles for an exhibition match against Cuba's national team in March. Of course, if they're hoping to thaw Cuban society, the Orioles had better throw the game -- Castro is a notoriously bad loser...
Fortunately for Harvard, the ACCs are only a precursor to the series of spring regattas, which will commence right after the waters thaw. The women's team will have the entire winter to refocus, and can process its fall regattas in preparation for the spring races...
Iran's announcement that it is no longer trying to kill author Salman Rushdie has already paid off; London and Tehran officially restored diplomatic relations Thursday. But the U.S. remains unmoved, and it's not clear what it will take to achieve a similar thaw in Washington...
HUMAN RUSSIA A thaw? In The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966), the stern Russkies turn out to be lovable...
...international health and trade conferences, and -- wouldn?t you know it -- he just happens to be staying at the same hotel as Mrs. Clinton. "Everyone is in their own place and it works very well," the director of the Intercontinental Hotel told AP. But those looking for a historic thaw should keep an eye on the ice machine...