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...allows American citizens and corporations to sue foreign firms that use confiscated American assets in Cuba. While the U.S. maintains a trade boycott against the island, hundreds of foreign companies, from Benetton to Toyota, have poured at least $5 billion into Cuba; and most U.S. companies would jump at the opportunity to invest--just as they are doing in Vietnam. Sponsored by two conservative Republicans, North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms and Indiana Congressman Dan Burton, the bill enjoyed strong support among Cuban Americans and the right. President Clinton, with an eye to re-election, signed it in March...
Meanwhile, says Nicholas Gutierrez, a Miami lawyer, Cuban Americans are expected to sue ED & F Man, a British sugar-trading company; ING, a huge Dutch bank; and other members of a consortium that lent some $300 million to the Castro government in 1995. The loan collateral: sugar grown or milled on properties that allegedly belonged to Cubans who are now American citizens. A similar target: BAT, the giant British tobacco firm...
...attend to their patients' spiritual needs--and, if necessary, get on their knees and pray with them. Not only might it help restore their image as infallible caregivers, but if something does go wrong, patients who associate their doctors with a higher power might be less likely to sue...
Head Coach: Sue Caples...
...Crimson is losing only Reinhard, Feinberg and speedster Sue Traub to graduation, so Harvard should improve as a team next season--weather permitting...