Word: antigua
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Johnson was not exactly sure of what to do with the Bundy operation. He found out soon enough. During the Panama crisis in January 1964, Bundy was off in Antigua on vacation. The President did not summon him back, but he gradually became aware that the memos on national security were not so crisply phrased, the advice was not so succinct and pointed as when Bundy was around. From that time on, Bundy had President Johnson's full confidence. And when Bundy routinely submitted his resignation after Johnson was elected in his own right...
Last week Bluebeard's Castle hotel in St. Thomas moved its employees out of their quarters into private homes to make room for overbooked guests. Bachelors staying at Antigua's Anchorage Hotel were invited to sleep aboard a sightseeing boat. One Miami rental office hung out the sign, "Why sleep in your car? Come to us" for those who had come on down only to find the town all booked...
Bundy was off on vacation in Antigua. The President now often turns for guidance to Elder Statesman Dean Acheson and such old cronies as Washington Lawyers Abe Fortas and Clark Clifford. He also consults regularly with the Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, which is comprised of a few top businessmen and several former Government officials...
...gathered speed and rumbled behind a low-flying cloud. At 48 miles' altitude, the massive first-stage booster shut off and separated. The hydrogen-burning second stage took over, and it burned perfectly for eight minutes. When it was 1,300 miles downrange and 375 miles north of Antigua Island, the triumphant announcement came: Saturn had reached orbiting speed. The new satellite weighs 38,000 Ibs., and 20,000 Ibs. of it is payload. The weightiest Russian satellites, Sputniks 7 and 8, 1961, weighed only 14,292 Ibs. Only six years ago, the U.S. tried and failed...
...course, shops, airport and an "International Restaurant" whose seven dining rooms are each decorated in a different geographical style but serve the same food. Last December saw the ceremonial opening of the $2.5 million Carefree Inn: rooms, $24 to $85 a night. Like Jamaica's Round Hill and Antigua's Mill Reef Club, the hotel rents private houses to visitors when their owners are not in residence...