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Good morning.

I'm James Holman from the Washington Post and this is the Daily 202 for Tuesday

February 25th. In today's news a stock market plunge underscores the political

risks for President Trump of the coronavirus.

Harvey Weinstein's conviction is a breakthrough for prosecuting sexual assault.

And Mars's magnetic field turns out to be much stronger than we thought.

But first, the big idea.

The mayor of Tiny Burlington, Vermont was back from Nicaragua in July 1985 and eager to share the good news.

The country's Soviet-backed government, forged via armed rebellion was cutting infant mortality, reducing illiteracy, and redistributing land to peasant farmers.

Its Sandinista leaders branded terrorists by the U.S. government, impressed

him with their intelligence and sincerity.

Three years later, Bernie Sanders was fresh off the plane from Moscow where he had

honeymooned, reveling in the beauty of the land and the contentedness of the people.

And a year after that, he returned from Cuba, having tapped into a revolutionary

spirit that he called far deeper and more profound than I understood it to be.

With Sanders now surging to the top of the Democratic

presidential field, those three decade-old impressions introduced a volatile new

element in the race Monday as rivals reacted to Sanders's decision to defend those past remarks, not disclaim

them. Asked about his favorable reviews of Fidel Castro's Cuba during a 60 minutes interview

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