Cuban Sentence Examples

This was done in large part because the two powers came so close to going to war over the Cuban Missile Crisis.

I've got Cuban coffee.

While his treaty with Lord Lyons in 1862 for the suppression of the slave trade conceded to England the right of search to a limited extent in African and Cuban waters, he secured a similar concession for American war vessels from the British government, and by his course in the Trent Affair he virtually committed Great Britain to the American attitude with regard to this right.

The cattle are destined chiefly for the saladero establishments for the preparation of tasajo, or jerked beef, for the Brazilian and Cuban markets, and for the Liebig factory, where large quantities of extract of meat are prepared for the European trade.

With a party of congressmen he visited the Philippines on a tour of inspection July-September 1905, and in September 1906, on the downfall of the Cuban republic and the intervention of America, he took temporary charge of affairs in that island (September - October).

Cattle and pine lumber are sent to Cuba, and Havana tobacco and fine grades of Cuban timber are imported.

Tobacco culture, which declined after 1860 on account of the competition of Cuba and Sumatra, has revived since 1885 through the introduction of Cuban and Sumatran seed; the product of 1907 (6,937,500 lb) was more than six times that of 1899, the product in 1899 (1,125,600 lb) being more than twice that of 1889 (470,443 lb), which in turn was more than twenty times that for 1880 (21,182 lb)-the smallest production recorded for many decades.

Davis, The Cuban and Porto Rican Campaigns (New York, 1898), is a sketch of the invasion of the island in 1898.

A remarkable feature of the Cuban coast is the number of excellent anchorages, roadsteads and harbours.

The beautiful ceiba (Bombax ceiba L., Ceiba pentandra) or silk cotton tree is the giant of the Cuban forests; it often grows to a height of 100 to 150 ft.

One is the hutia (agouti) or Cuban rat, of which three species are known (Capromys Fournieri, C. melanurus and C. Poey).

The Cuban mocking-bird is a wonderful songster.

The fish of Cuban waters are remarkable for their metallic colourings.

The cucujo or Cuban firefly (Pyrophorus noctilucus) gives out so strong a light that a few of them serve effectively as a lantern.

The Cuban coast was uninterruptedly full of infection, and the danger of an outbreak in each year was never absent, until the work of the United States army in 1901-1902 conclusively proved that this disease, though ineradicable by the most extreme sanitary measures, based on the accepted theory of its origin as a filth-disease, could be eradicated entirely by removing the possibility of inoculation by the Stegomyia mosquito.

During and after the war of 1868-1878, when many Cuban estates were confiscated, many families emigrated, and many others were ruined, the ownership of plantations largely passed from the hands of Cubans to Spaniards.

The nigua, the Cuban jigger, is a pest of serious consequence, and the mal de nigua (jigger sickness) sometimes causes the death of lower animals and men.

Under the conditions of free labour, the development of railways abroad, the improvement of machinery both in cane and beet producing countries, the general competition of the beet, and the fall of prices, it was impossible for the Cuban industry to survive without radical betterment of methods.

Of this enormous output, from 98.3% upward went to the United States;' of whose total importation of all sugars and of cane sugar the proportion of Cuban cane - steadily rising - was respectively 49.8 and 53.7% in the seasons of 1900-1901 and 1904-1905.

In these respects the finest Cuban tobacco crops, produced in the sun, hardly rival the finest Sumatra product; but produced under cheese-cloth they do.

Mexican tobaccos (Nicotiana Tabacum, variety macrophyllum) are to-day predominant in a large part of Cuban vegas..

Ordinary commercial Cuban seed of to-day is largely, and often altogether, Mexican tobacco."

In the markets of the world Cuban tobacco has always suffered less competition than Cuban sugar, and still less has been done than in the case of sugar cane in the study of methods of cultivation, which in several respects are far behind those of other tobacco-growing countries.

The berries are of fine quality, and despite the competition of Brazil there is no (agricultural) reason why the home market at least should not be supplied from Cuban estates.

Of the voting population 53.2% of native white, and 37.3% of coloured Cuban citizens, and 71.6% of Spanish citizens could read.

The franchise is granted to every male Cuban twenty-one years of age, not mentally incapacitated, nor previously a convict of crime, nor serving in the army or navy of the state.

Every Cuban paid about twice as heavy taxes as a Spaniard of the Peninsula.

A school was established by the government in Key West, Florida (U.S.A.), in 1905, for the benefit of the Cuban colony there.

The inapplicability of many laws passed for the Peninsula - all of which under a constitutional system would apply to Cuba as to any other province, unless that system be modified - was indeed notorious; and Cuban opinion had repeatedly, through official bodies, protested against laws thus imposed that worked injustice, and had pleaded for special consideration of colonial conditions.

A Cuban international question had arisen before 1820.

The Cuban policy of Presidents Pierce and Buchanan (during 1853-1861) was vainly directed to acquiring the island.

By these Cuba was bound not to incur debts her current revenues will not bear; to continue the sanitary administration undertaken by the military government of intervention; to lease naval stations (since located at Bahia Honda and Guantanamo) to the United States; and finally, the right of the United States to intervene, if necessary, in the affairs of the island was explicitly affirmed in the provision, " That the government of Cuba consents that the United States may exercise the right to intervene for the protection of Cuban independence, the maintenance of a government adequate for the protection of life, property and individual liberty, and for discharging the obligations with respect to Cuba imposed by the treaty of Paris on the United States, now to be assumed and undertaken by the government of Cuba."

The first Cuban congress met on the 5th of May 1902, prepared to take over the government from the American military authorities, which it did on the 10th of May.

Government was maintained under the Cuban flag, - the diplomatic and consular relations with even the United States remaining in outward forms unchanged; and the regular forms of the constitution were scrupulously maintained so far as possible.

Bayamo was the birthplace and the home of Carlos Manuel de Cespedes (1819-1874), first president of the "first" Cuban republic, and was also the birthplace and home of Tomas Estrada Palma (1835-1908), first president of the present Cuban republic.

When Cuban tobaccos were first introduced into Florida, the type broke up, but by carefully selecting the best plants and using them only as sources of seed for later crops, a good type was obtained.

The successful production of cigar tobaccos from Cuban and Sumatran seed was a development of the late 19th century.

Cuban tobacco is grown as a " winter " crop, the summer months being those of high rainfall.

Genuine (" legitimas ") Havana cigars are such only as are made in the island; and the cigars made in Europe and elsewhere from genuine Cuban tobacco are classed as " Havanas."

Other brands of home manufacture contain some proportion of Cuban tobacco; and very good cigars may be made in which the name only of that highly-prized leaf is employed.

In appearance it is one of the most ancient of Cuban towns.

Puerto Principe boasts of being the most Creole of Cuban cities.

He urged upon the administration the bold policy of protesting against the sailing of Cervera's fleet, on the ground that it would be regarded as a warlike measure not against the Cuban revolutionaries, who had no navy, but against the United States; and he advised that, if Cervera sailed, an American squadron be sent to meet him and to prevent his approach to America.

The Austroriparian zone has the long-leaf and loblolly pines, magnolia and live oak on the uplands, and the bald cypress, tupelo and cane in the swamps; and in the semi-tropical Gulf strip are the cabbage palmetto and Cuban pine; here, too, Sea Island cotton and tropical fruits are successfully cultivated.

From 1868 to 1872 he served also brilliantly against the Cuban rebels, and commanded a corps of volunteers specially raised for him in Havana.

The city has an important trade with the interior, with other Cuban ports, and to a less extent with New York and European ports.

It later appeared that Patterson was merely acting for a number of Cuban insurgents.

Mahogany (Swietenia mahogan y) is a native of the West Indies and Central America, the best-known varieties being Cuban or Spanish and Honduras.

The colour of mahogany is reddish brown, and in the Cuban wood the pores are often filled with a white chalky substance which is usually absent in the Honduras variety; the latter, however, may be obtained in larger sizes, and is straighter in the grain and easier to work.

Here is the "laurel ditch" or "dead-line" - commemorated by a handsome bronze relief set in the wall of the fortress - where scores of Cuban patriots were shot.

In the centre is a monument to Jose Marti (1853-1895), "the apostle of independence," and in an adjoining square is the city's fine monument to the Cuban engineer Francisco de Albear, to whom she owes her water system.

It has a library of some 42,000 volumes, rich in material for Cuban history.

Aihong other similar organizations are an Academy of Medical, Physical and Natural Sciences (1863); a national library, established in 1901, and having in 1908 about 40,000 volumes, including the finest collection in the world of materials for Cuban history; an anthropological society; various medical societies; and a Bar association.

In spite of high tariffs and civil wars, and the competition of Matanzas, Cardenas, Cienfuegos and other Cuban ports opened to foreign trade in modern times, the commerce of Havana has steadily increased.

Arrangements were perfected for the termination of the American military occupation of Cuba and the inauguration of a Cuban Republic as a virtual protectorate of the United States, the American government having arranged with the Cuban constitutional convention for the retention of certain naval stations on the Cuban coast.

He was military governor of Cuba from 1899 to 1902 when the Cuban Republic was established.

He attempted to restore some order in the treasury and administration of finance, with a view to obtain ways and means to cover the expense of the three civil wars, Carlist, cantonal and Cuban.

The Cuban insurgents gave him much trouble and anxiety, the famous Virginius incident nearly leading to a rupture between Spain and the United States.

Castelar sent out to Cuba all the reinforcements he could spare, and a new governor-general, Jovellar, whom he peremptorily instructed to crush the mutinous spirit of the Cuban militia, and not allow them to drag Spain into a conflict with the United States.

An agricultural experiment station is maintained here by the Cuban government.

Meanwhile through the connivance of the American authorities, Santa Anna returned from his Cuban exile, and, as the newly elected Mexican president, disregarding his pledges to aid Polk in bringing about a satisfactory peace, prepared to wage a more effective war against the American invaders.

In the Cuban campaign he won particular distinction, and the victory of the Americans in the action of El Caney was in large measure due to his careful personal reconnaissances of the ground to be attacked and to the endurance of his own brigade.

Mason and Pierre Soule, the ministers respectively to Great Britain, France and Spain, met at Ostend and Aix-la-Chapelle in October 1854 to discuss the Cuban question.

Directly the Carlist War was over, the government used part of the large army at its disposal to reinforce the troops which The Cuban had been fighting the Cuban insurgents since 1869.

In 1886, in the first parliament of the regeiicy, Cuban autonomist deputies divided the house on a motion in favor of home rule and of an extension of the franchise in Cuba.

For no other reason did the minister for the colonies, Seor Maura, in 1894 fail to convince the Cortes, and even the Liberal party, that his very moderate Cuban Home Rule Bill was an indispensable and wise, though tardy, attempt to avert a conflict which many plain symptoms showed to be imminent in the West Indies.

Maura was warmly supported in Congress by the Cuban home rulers and by some far-sighted Liberals and Republicans.

In the place of Maura he found a more pliant minister for the colonies, Seor Abarzuza, who framed a Cuban Reform Bill so much short of what his predecessor had thought an irreducible minimum of concessions, that it was censured in Havana by all the colonial Liberals and home rulers, and by their representatives in Madrid.

The national debt, which consisted before the war of 234,866,500 of external Financial and internal consols ar,d redeemable debts, and and Political 24,2 50,000 of home floating debt, was increased Reoiganizaby 46,21o,ooo of Cuban and Philippine debts, which tion.

Manuel de Lisa, a noted Cuban trader and plainsman, was probably the first white settler (1807).

Canovas resumed office in March 1895 immediately after the outbreak of the Cuban insurrection, and devoted most of his time and efforts, with characteristic determination, to the preparation of ways and means for sending 200,000 men to the West Indies to carry out his stern and unflinching policy of no surrender, no concessions and no reforms. He was making up his mind for another effort to enable General Weyler to enforce the reforms that had been wrung from the Madrid government, more by American diplomacy than from a sense of the inevitable, when the bullet of an anarchist, in August 1897, at the baths of Santa Agueda, cut short his career.

When the Cuban rising in 1895 assumed a serious aspect, he was sent out by the Conservative cabinet of Canovas to cope with the rebellion, but he failed in the field, as well as in his efforts to win over the Creoles, chiefly because he was not allowed to give them local self-government, as he wished.

Subsequently he remained aloof from politics, and only spoke in the senate to defend his Cuban administration and on army questions.

Its only concern is to smash the Cuban revolution at whatever the cost.

Prior to 1959, the Cuban economy was underdeveloped and primarily agrarian in character.

Two other " targets of interest " involved hijacked Cuban airliners.

Several Brothers to the Rescue planes violated Cuban airspace over the City of Havana.

The Cuban airport baggage handlers are not renown for their subtlety!

Then a Cuban bandleader called Desi came into her life to make her wealthy and famous - and nearly destroyed her in the process.

The toll of the Cubans scrum was beginning to tell and the howling banshee Cuban back line was starting to run a muck.

This was confirmed when we visited the barrios and met with residents, teachers, Cuban doctors and financial and food cooperative workers.

A series of Cuban-style literacy drives and free neighborhood health clinics run by Cuban doctors were launched in the poorest barrios.

For some reason I brought a box of Cuban cigars.

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Combo A Cuban version of the North American jazz combo A Cuban version of the North American jazz combos.

In South Asia, we were recently witness - once again - to nuclear dangers reminiscent of the Cuban missile crisis.

Toward the end of his formal affiliation with the Cuban government, Che came to implicitly criticize Soviet bureacracy.

Following the rally, a huge car caravan accompanied the Cuban diplomat to the capital's international airport.

He knew about Cuban painters, and Spanish writers, and South African drummers, and all sorts of things.

After lunch some of the group went swimming whilst others walked the grounds seeing only Cattle egrets and Cuban Crows.

Two days later five merchant ships carrying 1,400 Cuban exiles arrived at the Bay of Pigs.

The beds were all OK but the meals (extra) varied from good Cuban cooking to quite frightful, but we survived!

Windows Restaurant at The London Hilton will serve a special three-course gourmet Cuban menu with wine suggestions to evoke the spices of Cuba.

One 46-year-old Mason who joined the group eight years ago said he was tired of Cuban authorities " imposing ideas " on society.

They're black and for the first time in that size, have a cuban heel.

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The Cuban youth illiteracy rate is zero, unmatched by any other Latin American country, where the average is 7% .

No one remembers a single Cuban patriot who lost heart.

Anga Diaz has been the heartbeat of Cuban percussion from Irakere to the Afro Cuban All Stars.

His long awaited new CD, recorded in New York with Cuban master percussionist Roberto Rodriguez is to be released in spring 2006.

Supplements are produced to aid those studying, a million of which have been sold for the English course costing only 2.50 Cuban pesos.

Dollars must now be exchanged for Cuban pesos where a 10 per cent commission will be charged.

A craft market offers typical Cuban souvenirs and the famous Cuban rum and hand-rolled cigars.

Many of these influences, such as Cuban rumba and Latin music, had themselves originally been based on African music.

Seminal zombie shocker from B-movie baron Barry Mahon (" Cuban Rebel Girls ") stars Monica Davis and John MacKay.

And by the way, he hasn't got gray hair, it's just Cuban cigar smoke that cant get out.

Destruction of Cuban socialism is at the heart of his regime.

Also here we saw the Cuban subspecies of Northern Flicker, and West Indian Woodpecker.

The Cuban has feature cocktails and great tapas to Share, salsa dancing and regular entertainment.

He describes in a book how he caught numerous big tarpon on a river whose name no longer exists on Cuban maps.

Generally, I tend to use flies in size 2/0 for Cuban tarpon.

You left at 2.15 this morning sucking on a big fat Cuban and half in the bag favorite tipple?

An ineffective and extremely corrupt administration, a grave economic condition, new and heavy taxes, military repression, recurring heavy deficits in the budget, adding to a debt (about $150,000,000 in 1868) already very large and burdensome, and the complete fiasco of the junta of inquiry of Cuban and Porto Rican representatives which met in Madrid in 1866-1867--all were important influences favouring the outbreak of the Ten Years' War.

On the bacterial theory it was thought possible to inoculate a poor tobacco with, say, the special bacteria present in Cuban tobacco, and so give the product the aroma and other good qualities rof the more valuable tobacco.

The superiority of Cuban tobaccos in flavour and aroma, especially for cigar fillers, has long been recognized, but exactly to what conditions these qualities are due is not fully known.

And by the way, he has n't got gray hair, it 's just Cuban cigar smoke that cant get out.

The taxonomy of Cuban birds is still in a state of flux !

You left at 2.15 this morning sucking on a big fat Cuban and half in the bag Favorite tipple?

Recording for Fantasy records, the group produced several albums in rapid succession featuring seasoned Cuban players and top-notch jazz talent.

Basulto emigrated to the United States immediately after the overthrow of dictator Fulgencio Batista and the triumph of the Cuban Revolution.

Of course, the Cuban cigar has a long and storied reputation for being the best cigar available.

Some attribute the grace of Cuban tobacco to the island's climate and the growing methods employed there.

Whatever the case, it is illegal to import Cuban cigars into the United States or to buy them from someone who has done so.

Many smokers believe, in fact, that the Cuban is no longer supreme, but one of many great choices among cigars.

A good Mojito recipe is welcome at any barbecue or beach party or even when you are basking in the sun by the pool or on a Cuban beach.

Daiquiris are one of the best tasting things to come out of Cuba since the Cuban pork sandwich and when you mix a strawberry daiquiri recipe with a little sunshine, you'll feel like you're there.

In 2002, she entered the restaurant business by opening Madre's, a Cuban restaurant in Pasadena, California.

Cameron Michelle Diaz was born in San Diego, California, to a Cuban American father and mother of mixed heritage.

The game begins in the Soviet Jungle during the time of the Cold War, and more specifically, the Cuban Missile Crisis.

He reprises his role of Tony Montana, complete with Cuban accent and gratuitous swearing.

In 2003, a Cuban research study revealed that policosanol, a substance made from sugar cane wax or beeswax, lowered LDL cholesterol nearly 27 percent in study subjects.

Coming far from its roots in Cuban popular music, the rumba has secured its place not only in the halls of dance competitions but also on the on the TVs of millions of viewers.

There are many, many different flourishes and special moves that can be added to the Rumba, such as Cuban walk, fifth position breaks, even a simple under-arm turn.

One of the aspects of Rumba that is worked on for all a dancer's career is called "Cuban motion."

When it is danced in clubs (usually by Cuban expatriates), it is a very conventional and specific form of dance.

Cuban Street Cha Cha - Similar to Ballroom in rhythm, this one is only danced to the guajira rhythm.

Despite this, today Rumba is credited primarily as a Cuban dance, where it grew and flourished more than anywhere else.

The American Rumba is most similar to the secondary "son" Cuban version.

In 1955, the "true Cuban Rumba" was established and recognized as the authentic version of the dance, and it continues to live on today in clubs, competitions, and social dance studios.

Cuban moves migrated north and became the Mambo.

Combining Spanish Flamenco, Cuban habañera, and African influences with musical instruments from Europe such as the bandoneon.

Originally known as "Cuban Son" it became popular in the 1920s, taking elements of the mambo and other ballroom dances and mixing them with African folkloric moves.

Another movie, Dance With Me, featured American dancing from the southern latitudes, with a plot built around a Cuban salsa dancer in a tempestuous romance with a professional Latin dancer played by Vanessa Williams.

Are fans seeing any Cuban inspiration within the new spring line?

This season, Jacobs has used a chunky, yet tapered, Cuban style heel on everything from court shoes to boots.

There are three lengths to chose from - knee length, calf length and ankle length, and a variety of different types of heels, from spindly stilettos to thicker Cuban heels.

You are more likely to find Cuban heels in ankle boots, rather than knee-high.

Unlike the Cuban heel, they are the same width from back to front, and you can find boots of all heights with this heel.

They have multiple styles of both stilettos and wedges of all lengths and have a variety of block and Cuban heels as well.

Perfect for practice, especially for Latin dancing, or for precision work like belly dance, the Pedini is a soft leather shoe with a 3/4-inch Cuban EVA heel.

For example, there's the glass effect seam, the shimmer seam, the Cuban heel, the Havana heel, the Manhattan heel and more.

Similar to the seamed style, there's Cuban Style, mentioned later.

Sometimes you'll see a red heel and seam on a black pair of stockings, like these Two-Tone Cuban Heel Stockings.

The thigh-highs they offer sheer, fish net, kinky striped, lacy, velvet, crochet and sexy Cuban styles.

Rumba featured many Cuban influences, though as it grew in popularity, Mexican versions of Rumba music emerged.

Right now I'd say that the classic Cuban Mojito with fresh mint is just perfect.

Fined for Tweeting - In March of 2009, Mark Cuban, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, was slapped with a $25,000 fine by the NBA for complaining about the refereeing of a particular game.

With dark hair and eyes and the caramel skin marking his Cuban heritage, Jonny was tall and lanky.

His wife was also Cuban and made a damn strong cup of coffee.

From 1898 to 1902 he was in charge of Cuban customs and collector for the port of Havana.