91.  Cuban government officials have insisted that they will not use Elian in any public appearances.

92.  Cuban leader Fidel Castro has given them a name, "jineteras," which, roughly translated, means girls who like to go out with foreigners.

93.  Cuban officials are hopeful they'll attract 1.7 million tourists to the island this year.

94.  Cuban officials argue that their country supported these athletes, nurtured their skills, then saw them lured off by richer lands as soon as possible.

95.  Cuban officials countered that they were merely seeking to recoup money that rightfully belongs to the Cuban state.

96.  Cuban officials do not view the dissidents as a monolithic group, which may also explain whey they have not interfered with the meetings.

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

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

99.  Cuban officials Saturday confirmed that they have arrested him on suspicion of being a "provocateur and agent for foreign special services."

100.  Cuban officials say they have attracted $2 billion in foreign investments, although Western diplomats here estimate the true figure to be half that.