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For 36 years, the United States has resolutely tightened the screws on trade with Cuba in an effort to topple Castro's regime.
"Dog Bites Man" is a poor substitute, but beats "Man and Dog Work Really Hard Late at Night for a Long Time Until One of Them Screws Up."
Indeed, we live in the golden age of attaching one thing to another thing--bolts, rivets, screws, glue, tape, Velcro, staples, giant rubber bands, various forms of welding, some of which are practiced by cool robots, suction cups, funtac--I could go on.
And next month, a Shopping Avenger clergy special: TWA screws with a Hasidic rabbi's travel plans, leaving the rabbi's wife crying at the airport.
The main source for the Social Security Screws Blacks campaign is a study by (who else?)