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...Just a day after last Wednesday's near disaster over the North Atlantic, a Pan American jet and a Venezuelan airliner came within 300 ft. of each other as they flew near Bermuda. An air-traffic controller apparently put the two planes at the same altitude -- about 39,000 ft. -- by mistake...
...debated in a full Cabinet meeting. Even though he was in the midst of a hard-fought re- election campaign, Roosevelt felt compelled to consult Wendell Willkie, his G.O.P. rival. In cooperation with Winston Churchill, the Administration constructed a legal loophole: trading the destroyers for military bases in Newfoundland, Bermuda and the West Indies. While the matter was still being debated, a legal brief supporting the President's position was published in the New York Times. Roosevelt also wrote a personal letter justifying the swap to Senator David Walsh, the leading congressional foe of aid to Britain. In the letter...
...Well, I'll tell you. I don't care if you want a gearshift or an antimissile system. Once you've tried our new jet fighter, you won't want anything else. And if you agree to test fly it, you'll be eligible for a free trip to Bermuda...
WELL, I was intrigued. I'd never been to Bermuda before, so I let the guy take me down to the airport for a spin. It turned out his name was Ernie Snakoyl, and he had a top job in the NSC. He just sold arms on the side to put his kid through college. "Actually, this has nothing to do with the Pentagon," he said, "Really...
Bravin, former assistant editor of the What Is To Be Done?. The Crimson's weekly magazine, also received an honorable mention for an article written last April discussing the socio-political climate in Bermuda...