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...afternoon with her is a long walk through the schizophrenia of the Cuban economy, still caught in the maw of the U.S. blockade and hampered by its own gross inefficiency. At an open-air market behind the capitol, mangoes, okra, guavas and limes are everywhere--and cheap. Good thing too because most Cubans earn from $15 to $25 a month and survive off the ration books that offer them sugar, rice, beans and (only for the elderly) cigars. But to get past subsistence, you need to shop at the air-conditioned hard-currency stores. That's where Damaris goes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sound of Change: Can Music Save Cuba? | 11/26/2008 | See Source »

...air game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pop Chart | 11/26/2008 | See Source »

...years ago, the pair was presenting their work at the Harvard Herbarium when, in the middle of the talk, Davis popped his hand in the air...

Author: By Victor W. Yang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Walden Data Aids Climate Science | 11/26/2008 | See Source »

...same legislature that inveighed against Holocaust denial when it was easy—simply refused to officially recognize the Armenian Genocide in a non-binding resolution. Upon hearing the news that the House was planning a vote, Turkey threatened to cancel arms deals and revoke their support for American air units operating in Iraq. The U.S government blinked immediately...

Author: By Matthew H. Ghazarian | Title: A Willful Ignorance | 11/25/2008 | See Source »

...brokered by Egypt, but that unraveled on Nov. 4, when Israel raided Gaza to destroy a tunnel it accused Hamas of digging to conduct cross-border raids. Since then, dozens of rockets have been fired at Israel, and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have responded with land and air attacks and by halting supplies that were to enter Gaza. Israel has hoped to tighten the screws on Hamas by blocking all but a trickle of aid from reaching Gaza's 1.5 million stricken inhabitants, leading to what U.N. officials describe as a humanitarian crisis. For the past two weeks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: US Puts Pressure on Israel to Refrain from Attacks | 11/24/2008 | See Source »

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