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...policies that brought the weapons there." This is an interesting theory, but it's plucked out of thin air. Hersh goes on to argue that amid the "fanaticism" exhibited by both J.F.K. and Castro, only Khrushchev had the level-headedness to end this game of nuclear chicken by offering to pull the missiles from Cuba in exchange for Kennedy's pledge not to invade. In fact, as recently released tapes reveal, Kennedy was very level-headed himself and pushed the strategy of trading in Jupiter missiles in Turkey in order to defuse the crisis. In the book, Hersh turns this...
...scowl. But now, Lewis turns to three small girls standing in front of him, a smile on his face, and pronounces their efforts superb. As a reward, the young artists receive three quarters apiece, enough for each girl to buy a "poor man's" sandwich at Harold's Chicken Shack. In most parts of America, this qualifies as an after-school snack. Here, on the South Side of Chicago, it's dinner...
BARNEY "THE DINOSAUR" AGE: 200 million HEIGHT: 7 ft. WEIGHT: Won't divulge OCCUPATION: Children's TV host BEST PUNCH: Suing over a long-running skit in which the Chicken would "punch, flip, stand on and otherwise assault the putative Barney...
...FAMOUS" SAN DIEGO CHICKEN AGE: 23 HEIGHT: 5 ft. 8 in. WEIGHT: 155 lbs. OCCUPATION: Unaffiliated mascot for hire BEST PUNCH: Interviewed on CNN, the Chicken scratched his chin and said, "It's my little friend, the Bill of Rights, that I'm protected...
TASTES LIKE BURNED CHICKEN...