11.   But administration officials boast that they turned the tables on the Cuban leader by their decision to stop admitting Cuban boat people and to tighten the embargo.

12.   But at least he appealed to the Cuban leader to free four prominent dissidents held without trial since last July.

13.   But so far, the Clinton administration seems to have consulted mostly with conservative Cuban leaders on ways to deal with the influx of refugees.

14.   By some accounts, Prieto is one of a very few known to have disagreed and even argued in public with Cuban leader Fidel Castro.

15.   Carter met with a group of Cuban church leaders, Wednesday.

16.   Carter met with Cuban church leaders, Wednesday.

17.   Carter took the Cuban leader at his word.

18.   Carter also met with Cuban religious leaders Thursday afternoon, after taking a rare bit of personal time earlier in the day to go bird-watching.

19.   Church officials strongly denied they had capitulated to conservative Cuban leaders.

20.   Casamayor told a poignant story last week about Cuban leader Fidel Castro.