Word: cuban
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Nuclear energy has hardly brought to the earth the blessings of the sun, but neither has man-so far-made use of his power to destroy the planet he inhabits. For a quarter of a century now, he has lived with the Bomb, and since the catharsis of the Cuban missile crisis in 1962, most Americans have given nuclear Armageddon little thought. A number of big companies, among them Jersey Standard and Shell Oil, went to great expense a few years back to secure bombproof alternate headquarters for use in case of nuclear attack. Now that trend is fading...
...Tito asked his countrymen to send contributions. More than 200 Chilean families offered to adopt some of the estimated 5,000 orphaned children. Aid also came from Fidel Castro, who seeks to make common cause with the Peruvian army's radical reform policies. Along with 20 planeloads of Cuban medical supplies and donated blood, Castro sent a pint of his own blood...
Felix's has also had other controversial customers. In 1959, when Cuban Premier Fidel Castro came to Harvard to speak, about six of his aides, dressed in green jump suits, went into Felix's to buy souvenirs-Harvard sweatshirts and stuffed animals, in particular...
John Kennedy learned skepticism about intelligence estimates-and how difficult it is to keep Government secrets -the hard way, from the Bay of Pigs. Eighteen months later, during the Cuban missile crisis, everyone well-connected in Washington knew something was afoot, but no one outside his inner circle was aware of what the reconnaissance photos showed until Kennedy made his announcement on television. Even so, J.F.K. once reflected: "I don't think the intelligence reports are all that hot. Some days I get more out of the New York Times...
...more than two decades, movie men have huffed and puffed onto the Côte d'Azur once a year to promote their wares at the International Film Festival at Cannes. Then they have gone home, leaving behind vast sums of money, countless Cuban cigar butts and occasional trend-setting films-Marty, One Potato Two Potato, Easy Rider. This year the trend was to revolution. "Right now," explained Producer Irwin Winkler, "we live in a time when revolution is a very salable commodity...