Word: cuba
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although the U.S. dropped more bombs on North Vietnam during the decade of involvement than all combatants did in World War II, the panelists all said the country's current dire straits stem from government mismanagement. The current regime--which is closely allied with the Soviet Union adn Cuba--has devoted much of its resources toward fighting neighboring Kampuchea and securing itself against a possible Chinese invasion...
...afraid of re-awakening the venomous far-Right that it felt compelled to demonstrate its unflinching opposition to Communism around the world. It was perceived as soft on the Reds, it felt doomed. This is why liberal Harvard-educated Kennedy felt compelled to risk nuclear annihilation over missiles in Cuba, while Nixon, a man who made his reputation as a Red baiter, could embrace Mao Tse-tung with no fear of domestic political trouble. Liberal Democrats Kennedy and Johnson had to fight in Vietnam to prove to the Right that they were no structure in the war against Communism. These...
...wrong side of history" or "we're going to get a little bit pregnant here." There has also been a little too much equanimity, a tendency to say, "So what? What difference does it make?" Well, what difference does it make who is in charge of little Cuba? It makes a hell of a lot of difference...
TOURISTS IN CAMBRIDGE are invited by Harvard to audit some of the university's larger lectures, but those who can make it to Cuba can actually enroll in college courses. The CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF CUBA, in cooperation with local tourism officials, offers classes in Spanish and agricultural science to those slumming their way through the Carribean workers' paradise. Fortytwo Canadian tourists last year took courses offered at the university, located in Villa Clara province, and tourism officials intend to offer an expanded program this year. Granma Weekly Review, Havana...
...Brezhnev conference, the two leaders signed the first Strategic Arms Limitation treaty, initiating a brief era of detente. Others have been less so: Nikita Khrushchev decided that John Kennedy would be a pushover after meeting him in Vienna in 1961 and a year later began installing nuclear missiles in Cuba; just six months after Jimmy Carter and Leonid Brezhnev embraced in Vienna in 1979, Soviet tanks rolled into Afghanistan. Summitry is obviously a risky venture, but after four standoffish years, President Reagan is now eager to follow the practice of his eight predecessors...