31.   The Baltimore Orioles are negotiating an exhibition game with the Cuban national team next month.

32.   The Baltimore Orioles played an exhibition game against the Cuban national team last spring, and other sports events are planned.

33.   The Cuban national boxing team, still shrouded in mystery because of the secrecy surrounding its training, is feared and respected.

34.   The Cuban team protested, and FILA, the governing body of the sport, reviewed the match.

35.   The day those planes were shot down, the Cuban team arrived in Miami for a five-city tour with the U.S. team.

36.   The Cuban team walked out of the tournament in protest of earlier decisions.

37.   The Cuban team was in Fairview Heights, Ill., playing in a Pan American tournament.

38.   The evening did not start out well for the celebrated Cuban boxing team Thursday when their light flyweight Maikro Romero lost a controversial decision to Brahim Asloum of France.

39.   The Cuban boxing team, one of the toughest in international competition, is not here.

40.   The most politically appealing of the proposals was for holding two exhibition games between the Baltimore Orioles and the Cuban national team.