Word: sonly
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...smiled and gestured to tables where other members sat, clapping and swaying back and forth. Henderson stood at the edge of the group singing with his young son in his arms...
...going except his father. The 50-year-old farmer from Meiyou village was not really surprised. Canting, the second oldest of his five children, was the most ambitious. Slightly built but with a surprisingly deep voice and an earnest air of self-assurance, No. 2 Son always wanted more than the village offered. Instead of carousing in the karaoke bars, he tried to set up his own business. He went south to Xiamen to trade seafood, but ended up losing money in the fickle, seasonal business. Undaunted, he was now attempting something far more audacious. He would entrust his fate...
...sufferings from which they have fled. Thousands of Cubans choose to risk their lives every year as they attempt to traverse the Florida Straits on makeshift rafts. Indeed, many hundreds die on their journeys towards freedom, including Elian's mother who paid the highest price--her life--for her son's liberty...
Despite these good intentions, one might argue that Cuban-Americans wish to deny the reunification of father and son for solely political reasons. But let us be perfectly clear: Our contention is not to keep Elian from his father. We believe Juan Miguel Gonzalez is a good man and we do not doubt his love for Elian. But perhaps, in this case, the father may not be fit to decide the best interests of his son: Juan Miguel is the product of a communist regime. Who knows what kind of strongholds Castro may have over the father--what relatives...
...musicians who took advantage of that freedom knew they were making noble music. Swing boasted Duke Ellington, Earl Hines and Count Basie, the rarest of rarities--magnanimous men within a democracy. The same men were largely dependent on that democracy for their nobility. Within what other regime could the son of a coachman--the grandson of a slave!--become a duke...