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...Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is a small Caribbean nation approximately the size of Delaware. It is one of the more prosperous countries in the region, partially because of the republic's success in exporting...

Author: By Georgia N. Alexakis, | Title: Caribbean Leader Pays Harvard Visit | 9/28/1996 | See Source »

Basdeo Panday, prime minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, made a brief visit to Harvard Thursday afternoon, stopping at Wadsworth Hall for a 40-minute reception...

Author: By Georgia N. Alexakis, | Title: Caribbean Leader Pays Harvard Visit | 9/28/1996 | See Source »

...been casually applied. A more telling comparison of sporting achievement would be a "power rating" of countries--medals in relation to population. On this fairer basis (medals per 10 million people), the Top 10 Olympic countries were Jamaica (with 23.4), Cuba, Australia, Hungary, New Zealand, Bulgaria, Norway, Trinidad and Tobago, Belarus and the Netherlands. In this ranking, the U.S. stands 36th among the 57 countries that won more than one medal. A power rating would show the true athletic achievement of many smaller countries. ROBERT CARMICHAEL Coralville, Iowa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 26, 1996 | 8/26/1996 | See Source »

Christie, the 1992 Olympic champion in the 100 meters, was ejected from the race after two false starts. It was the third false start of the event--the first was by Christie and the second by Ato Boldon of Trinidad and Tobago...

Author: By Baratunde R. Thurston, | Title: Defying the Olympic Spirit | 7/30/1996 | See Source »

Faced with an increasingly defiant military government in Haiti, the Clinton Administration declared an American-led invasion all but certain. Four Caribbean countries -- Barbados, Belize, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago -- have promised to contribute a grand total of 266 support troops to a "multi-national" invasion force. Earlier in the week, the Rev. Jean-Marie Vincent, a prominent supporter of the Rev. Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the exiled President, was assassinated, the first priest killed since the military took over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Week August 28 - September 3 | 9/12/1994 | See Source »

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