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

12.  Cuba is doing quite well in its economy so far this year and the flow of foreign investment into the country has not stopped.

13.  Cuba is so politically touchy that the United States Trade Representative's office declined to comment on the letters to Castro.

14.  Cuba opened one recently, and it was so successful that now they're talking about opening them on roads all over the island.

15.  Cuban government officials contend that U.S. immigration policy provides incentives for Cubans to not only emigrate, but to rely on smugglers and speed boats to do so.

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

17.  Cuban officials said they had not forced anyone to leave Cuba, so they could not be accused of splitting up families.

18.  Cuban President Fidel Castro said he would accept the rebels if he was asked to do so.

19.  Cuba's last oil discovery in 1995 tapped oil so heavy it more resembled boot polish than fuels like the diesel and gasoline derived from crude petroleum.

20.  Cuba's sports authority defends the deals, saying the state helped these players become so successful.