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Grave commentary.(epitaphs)
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March 1, 2007|
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Sometimes they're chiseled in marble or granite, often they're cast in bronze, and in the Old West, especially, they were carved or scrawled on a scrap piece of wood. Epitaphs--grave commentaries--are enduring statements about those buried beneath them. Call them headstones, gravestones, or tombstones they essentially mean the same thing--a plaque of some sort that describes in one way or another the person buried there.
Most modern-day epitaphs are kind, positive and upbeat. They typically describe some positive attribute or attributes of the deceased: "Loving son, ...
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CUBA: TERRORIST ARRESTED IN ALLEGED PLOT TO KILL PRESIDENT FIDEL CASTRO AT IBERO-AMERICAN SUMMIT.
Newspaper article from: NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs
; ...overshadowed by Cuban President Fidel Castro's surprise announcement...Magrina, 61, and Carlos Vicente Lopez Sanchez, 28, a Honduran...and they identified Lopez Sanchez as possibly involved in transporting them. Lopez Sanchez is a Miami resident...
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Retire The Revolutionary Myth.(Point of View)(Fidel Castro)
Magazine article from: Newsweek International
; ...was from Mexico that Fidel Castro launched the Cuban...it: after President Vicente Fox tried to limit Castro...strongman. A few hours after Fidel released his grip on...supermarket!" Guillermo Lopez added that "Fidel has given education and...
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Mexican Election May Have Little Effect on U.S.
Transcript from: NPR Weekend All Things Considered
; ...international stage, much like Vicente Fox was. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is a bit more of...who have, particularly in Lopez Obrador's coalition, who do support Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro. So under a Lopez Obrador administration...
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Froylan M. Lopez Narvaez / ...eros... eros...(Primera)
Newspaper article from: Reforma (México D.F., México)
; ...disminucin de grado de las relaciones diplomticas entre los poderes nacionales encabezados ahora por el comandante Fidel Castro y Vicente Fox -por motivos distintos, ambos se irn pronto, Fox en un trienio- y que estn al borde de una ruptura formal...
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Cuba Seeks Extradition of Man Accused of Planning to Murder Castro
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency
; ...for allegedly planning to assassinate Cuban President Fidel Castro. While Castro was attending the 10th Ibero...and his accomplices, Pedro Ramon Rodriguez, Carlos Vicente Lopez Sanchez and Jose Hurtado. Perez Roque said that he had...
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Cuba's 1,300 Jews keep the faith--with help from abroad. (Religion).
News Wire article from: CubaNews
; ...was previously community director of Tiferet Israel in Vicente Lopez, a suburb of Buenos Aires. He and his wife Mara, 28...There are also dozens of photos including one showing Fidel Castro clutching a siddur, or prayer book, as Jewish...
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Chavez roils Mexico's presidential race; The presidents of Venezuela and Mexico trade barbs, and pull their ambassadors.(WORLD)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor
; ...dog" after President Vicente Fox defended a US plan...against Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the front...authoritarianism in them both." Lopez Obrador's populist...fan of Cuban leader Fidel Castro. Madrazo said that Lopez Obrador and Chavez...
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Mexico: Ready For Prime Time? Mexico's political left has never had much power--but led by Mexico City Mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, it's poised to make its mark.
Magazine article from: Newsweek International
; ...buoyant Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador--the mayor...emergence of President Vicente Fox's National Action...engineered partly by Lopez Obrador's political...Chavez of Venezuela and Fidel Castro; a human-rights...groups are rallying around Lopez Obrador for president...
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Upcoming Mexican election.(Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: The New American
; Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the former...programs to aid the poor. Lopez Obrador (popularly known...alignment with Cuba's Fidel Castro, Venezuela...candidate of President Vicente Fox's party, PAN...progressive groups." Lopez Obrador's program calls...
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Froylan M. Lopez Narvaez/ Pillados.(Nacional)
Newspaper article from: Reforma (México D.F., México)
; ...gobierno cubano, al requerir al de Vicente Fox que se abstuviesen de votar...por el Uruguay, advertan que Fidel Castro debera tener un "as...autores de la presurosa respuesta Vicente Fox, Santiago Creel y Jorge...egreso violento, muy rpido, de Fidel era un golpe espectacular...
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