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The smell of old books
They even have a society -- Florida Antiquarian Booksellers Association, founded in 1981 -- that every year stages an old-book fair. Perhaps thanks to their cohesion they've lasted for…
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Conexión Miami / New business in Critical Mass
New business in Critical Mass . The name matters . Boria's three wishes . Tit for tat
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World Cup soccer in Miami: Immigrants’ delight
It is us, the immigrants, who have imported to Miami the ambience of the World Cup. Like that bar full of Brazilians, most of them drunk before the game even started, who placed their…
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FIU 2014 poll: A critical look
The results of the survey give a conclusive result about the sustained increase in number of the people who oppose the current policy (52 percent), for the first time a majority…
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Cruel but not unusual punishment
The death of Darren Rainey, a mentally ill inmate at Dade Correctional Institution, who was locked in a shower-like “decontamination facility” by guards who then turned on the water…
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Asking for votes, but no longer in the nude
Why is one person's morality less important than someone else's? asks former porno actor David Mech, who's looking for a seat in the Palm Beach School Board. This and much more in this…
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Pot Lady
"You were talking about mari-juana," said a disgruntled lady to a couple of morning radio talk hosts in Miami. The announcers were not advocating its use, much less selling it. They…
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The path is clear; we don’t seem to want to take it
The latest Cuba poll had no major surprises. A not so close analysis shows a path to victory for those who’d like to see a change in U.S.-Cuba policy. One we've known about for some…
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A quick view of the Cuba poll results
The latest Cuba polls confirms a continuing trend toward moderation among the target population and an expected gap in opinion between the newcomers (arriving after 1994), young adults…
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Cuban Research Institute releases latest Cuba poll
The latest Cuba poll demonstrates that Cubans in Miami-Dade County have diverse views of how they would like the U.S. government to deal with the Cuban government. It confirms a…
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