21.   Still, Cuban authorities insist that dropping Christmas from the calendar was not designed as a blow against the church.

22.   The Cuban authorities, eager for the dollars that Americans bring, facilitate this strategy by not stamping American passports.

23.   The Cuban cultural authorities told him he could not go.

24.   The Cuban authorities reportedly are willing to hand him over.

25.   The defections have led Cuban authorities to increase security signficantly around both the national and junior national teams, scouts said.

26.   The Cuban authorities said they had seen him talking with Dominguez in Baltimore and removed him from the national team, labeling him a flight risk.

27.   The new incident involving Brothers to the Rescue aircraft occurred amid a crackdown by the Cuban authorities against dissidents and human rights campaigners.

28.   They were intercepted by the United States Coast Guard and handed over to the Cuban authorities.

29.   They were intercepted by the U.S. Coast Guard and handed over to the Cuban authorities.

30.   Twice he was picked up by Soviet tankers and turned over to the Cuban authorities.