Word: bayes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...professor, there are familiar echoes--failures such as the Bay of Pigs and Vietnam, and successes such as the Cuban missile crisis...
They cite John F. Kennedy's handling of the Cuban missile crisis and the Social Security compromise during Reagan's first term as success stories. Horror stories are more common, and include Vietnam, the Bay of Pigs invasion, President Carter's aborted arms control initiative in 1977 and his handling of the report of a Soviet combat brigade in Cuba...
...Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961, in which a force of 2000 Cuban exiles, trained by the Central Intelligence Agency, landed on the island and were swiftly defeated and captured, was described by Neustadt and May as "the classic case of presumptions unexamined...
...humidity covers Cambridge like Reynolds Wrap. Who wants that extra time off in May? Nauset is still covered with ice. Morgan Stanley hasn't started its summer intern program yet. I'd rather go back to school in clear, crisp September, after enjoying the warm waters of Cape Cod Bay for two extra weeks with nary a tourist from Woosta to disturb...
Appreciation of Aquino in Washington is relatively new. Early on, many in the Administration dismissed her as inexperienced. They were especially concerned that if elected, she would demand that the U.S. abandon its military bases at Clark and Subic Bay Naval Station. There appears to be little danger of that, however. In a speech last month before the joint Philippine and foreign Chambers of Commerce, Aquino promised that she would consult other nations in the region and "especially" the Filipino people before signing any new treaty. Since then, she has repeatedly maintained that she would honor the present agreement until...