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...FIDEL CASTRO COULD TAKE MANHATTAN if you let him [CUBA, Nov. 6]. He could persuade the U.S. to lift its trade embargo if he set Cuba free. How nice of him to shed his fatigues and don dapper new clothes. But he is still a devil--even if in a suit. The people he manages to impress never had to live in a communist country, never had to go hungry or be separated from their family. I am sick of people glorifying a man who is a criminal and who violates human rights. He tries to impress businessmen who want...
SOME QUESTIONS COME TO MIND regarding Castro, the darling of New York capitalists and (some) minorities: Would the poor people of Harlem trade their civil liberties and freedom of speech for Cuba's socialized health care? Would the elite of American capitalists find Castro so charming if they had to live in Cuba, where the economy was destroyed by the socialist dictator's micromanagement? Can they imagine living on an island that hasn't experienced free speech since 1959? It's time for Castro's enthusiasts to do some soul searching. MARTIN LOPEZ Miami
...world market to face an anti-trust challenge. But consolidation could occur in their defense operations, where Boeing wants an increased presence and McDonnell Douglas seeks to reduce costs in an era of reduced defense spending. "McDonnell has been hit hard by defense cutbacks," says TIME's Janice Castro. "Forming a partnership of some kind with Boeing, which has profited from the global expansion of commercial airlines and the replacement of aging commercial fleets, may be the best way McDonnell's military aircraft manufacturing base can be strengthened while keeping that critical technology in American hands...
...seen on the Lifetime network, which is reviving some of her more notable interviews twice a week, at various testimonial lunches and birthday dinners--if it's Monday, this must be Margaret Thatcher--and at an airport near you, shuttling between her sundry news and entertainment assignments. Fidel Castro once asked a group of Western journalists awaiting his arrival, "Donde esta Barbara?" The answer is everywhere. Like the sugar maple...
...FIDEL CASTRO No embargo on his star status in Harlem, along Wall Street...