21.  Any risk-taking tendency I have came from him."

22.  Definitely, I feel bad."

23.  Definitely, I was suckered.

24.  Deflated, I closed the curtains.

25.  Defying the endless reports, refusing to cower indoors in fear of freezing, I ventured to the garden to see whether it was aflame in fear.

26.  Cuban law had forbidden Alberto to leave the island, so I wondered how he was faring, especially with these tumultuous times on the island.

27.  Cuban's response: "I'll tell you why people are suprised.

28.  CUBA-TOURISM _ HAVANA, Cuba _ Delightfully off-limits to most Americans, I first visited communist Cuba in 1991 simply because I wasn't supposed to.

29.  Cuellar said Friday he was not changing parties: "I am a Democrat and I'm staying as a Democrat."

30.  Cuker feels that Giuliani brought complexity to the part of the beast, particularly with the lines, "I am not human!