Word: cuban
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...gave two explanations of Nixon's behavior. The first he called the "Kennedy Vienna syndrome." When President Kennedy returned from his Vienna talks with Khrushchev in 1961, Bator said, he was afraid he had given Khrushchev the impression he was soft. ("Some say this is the explanation of the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962." Bator now says, "but I doubt it.)" Bator said, "Maybe Nixon is also afraid of appearing weak...
Then came a Cuban flag, bold and bright, for a moment reminding me that once, when Castro was still in the hills, he looked like a hero to many of us. Then I remembered "'Al paredon [To the Wall]!" and the betrayals that came before the sugar cane. But the kids could not remember-these wispy-bearded caricatures of the sainted...
...there was Mary Moylan, who had worked as a nurse-midwife in Uganda when American planes piloted by Cuban refugees had bombed the country, supposedly by accident. And Thomas Lewis, and artist, surprised to find himself working against the war. And George Mische, who had discovered the difference between words and actions while working for the Alliance for Progress in Central America. And David Darst. like the rest unable to close his eyes to the brutal contradictions he saw around...
...some adroit and intriguing touches. The Mexican Pavilion features Aztec relics from the Mexico City National Museum of Anthropology, set off by a mariachi band. The Indians and Hawaiians have improvised a pacifier for impatient queues: luscious dancing girls in native costumes. For comic relief, there is the Cuban Pavilion, festooned with love portraits of Castro and Che Guevara counterpointed by hate pictures of Batista and bloated capitalistas...
...major division of the Cuban army had gone over, the operation would have looked like a brilliant decision," he said...