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In the six weeks since Elian was delivered like some kind of Thanksgiving gift by two Florida cousins out trolling for dolphinfish, the outline of his 2 1/2 days on the blue water has been colored in with horrible detail. There have been tales of his boatmates who, when they...
He has needed it all. If his sea journey was difficult, his landfall has been little easier. Onshore, Elian has been both cradled and buffeted by the strongest emotion we have, the tenderness of parents toward children in trouble--their own and anyone else's. We sympathize with his father...
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More than simply landing in the middle of the always strained relations between the U.S. and Cuba, Elian Gonzalez arrived in the midst of a mounting national argument about who, besides parents, gets to have a say in how and where children are reared (see following story). This week the...
It is hard to think rationally about Elian when your throat is swelled and your eyes wet. And it is that simple human affection for this innocent child that is the first emotion almost everyone feels about him. It's an instinct that what Elian needs most right now is...