21.  Any recipe that calls for beating egg whites is out, said Schloss, because that requires a mixer and bowl.

22.  Any regulation involving the FDA would be a blow to the industry led by Philip Morris Cos. and RJR Nabisco Holdings Corp. because it might lead to increased restrictions.

23.  Deflation is disastrous for an economy, as Japan is discovering, because as the prices of goods fall, consumer spending grinds to a halt.

24.  Defreitas remembers it well because she was on her way to a rehearsal for her wedding.

25.  Cuba has never looked so inviting, perhaps because the movie was shot in Mexico.

26.  Cuba must import food yet again, because farm reform has been halfhearted.

27.  Cuba Policy Foundation President Sally Grooms Cowal called the embargo a failure because it has not caused democratic changes there but has hurt the U.S. economy.

28.  Cuban doesn't set goals, because they can be limiting.

29.  Cuban officials make no secret about this, because they no longer can.

30.  Cubans often try to come to the United States because they think they'll have a better life here.