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2000 Stories by Robert Andrew Powell

• Love and Violation, Part 4

  published December 28, 2000

  Read Part 1 of this story The case of Bridget Garcia and Regina Greenhill has come to... More >>

• Her Brilliant Career

  published November 9, 2000

  I'm a control person. -- Suzy Stone Suzy Stone thinks we should start with the video. “I think we should start with the video... More >>

• The High Cost of Winning

  published October 12, 2000

  Frank Gachelin is sweating. Even with pain shooting through his shoulder, he grinds through an early morning weightlifting circuit. Military... More >>

• Requiem for a Swamp Rat

  published September 28, 2000

  The drive west on SW Eighth Street is the typical parade of Taco Bells and Amoco gas stations, their signs reflected in the rear bedroom windows... More >>

• Like Father, Like Son

  published September 28, 2000

  Such a nice young man, this Demetrio J. Perez. So handsome, too. He's got the rosiest cheeks. His prematurely thinning hair is combed neatly in... More >>

• Love and Violation, Part 3

  published September 7, 2000

  In the wake of a two-part New Times cover story, and following multiple death threats made against the subject of that story, the Aventura... More >>

• Love & Violation, Part 2

  published August 24, 2000

  For nearly two years Aventura widow Regina Greenhill expressed nothing but praise for her former aide, Bridget Garcia. Bridget, a certified... More >>

• Love & Violation

  published August 17, 2000

  Regina Greenhill is a wealthy Jewish widow. A stroke victim, she lives alone in a condominium tower, just across a parking lot from the Aventura... More >>

• Losers, Schmoozers

  published July 13, 2000

  Now that our little Cuban refugee is back in his homeland, quietly becoming a role model for other young communists, it's the season in Miami for... More >>

• Lawbreakers Beware!

  published July 6, 2000

  Cuba Affidavit Citizens' Auxiliary **CONFIDENTIAL** TO: Supreme Commander, Cuba Affidavit Citizens' Auxiliary FROM: ... More >>

• It's About the Money, Stupid

  published June 29, 2000

  Sam Burley sweeps his arm over an undulating grass field adjacent to Southridge Senior High School, where Burley is the head track coach. He's... More >>

• Artful Dodging

  published June 15, 2000

  Lola Bar owner David Bick wants to do things differently. The New Jersey native arrived on Miami Beach eight months ago, intent on managing a... More >>

• Rick ... or Red?

  published June 1, 2000

  Cue the giant whooshing sound. Add a bombastic voice-over, a flashing graphic, some dynamic music. Cut to a man and a woman sitting... More >>

• A Bird? A Plane? Maybe a Blimp?

  published May 18, 2000

  In April, at an event called Canesfest, University of Miami athletic director Paul Dee unveiled snazzy redesigned uniforms for the school's... More >>

• Solid Gold

  published May 4, 2000

  "I can't live without this one," declared Andy Nierenberg when placing a bid earlier this month on the ntBay Internet auction site. The item... More >>

• Never Too Small to Break the Rules

  published March 9, 2000

  Andrea Loring is fighting against the tide. Marching toward the cafeteria, she looks in the eyes of every student still lingering in the hallway.... More >>

• Not Just for Kicks

  published March 2, 2000

  Because he is watching a soccer game, Juan Carlos Michia is happy. No matter that the Florida sun has turned the playing field into brittle brown... More >>

• Tale of the Ticket

  published February 24, 2000

  Can I see your tickets?" asks the woman, dressed head to toe in red and blue, the colors of the Haitian flag. She stands in an aisle at the Orange... More >>

• Thus Spake the Super

  published January 27, 2000

  Lack of institutional control. The phrase regularly appears on the sports pages, usually to describe a college athletic program run amok. In 1995,... More >>

• A Slap Shot Straight to the Heart

  published January 20, 2000

  We always begin with a cheer. The referee, waiting to drop the puck at center ice, refers to it as the rah-rah shit, as in "Go do your rah-rah... More >>

• A Family Portrait

  published January 20, 2000

  The scene outside Elian Gonzalez's Little Havana home was rather subdued this past Saturday afternoon. A few network news crews and photographers... More >>