Word: cuban
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...freewheeling session with the NATO Council in Brussels, he reminded a representative of Norway that "as a Senator from Minnesota, I probably have more Norwegian constituents than you." The chamber erupted in laughter. In a smoke-filled room full of Common Market leaders, he apologized for his love of Cuban cigars, which are banned in the U.S., and promised to do penance by "donating a few to my favorite charity." During a visit to 10 Downing Street, Mondale helped strengthen the Atlantic alliance by joining British Prime Minister James Callaghan and other British officials in a spontaneous rendition of some...
...likely to be dashed" once he understands how highly Soviet leaders regard raw military power as an instrument of international relations. "The Kennedy people got disillusioned, then they got angry, and finally they overreacted," notes Burt, referring to the deterioration of U.S.-Soviet relations that culminated in the 1962 Cuban missile crisis...
Without negotiations of some sort, a guerrilla war that last year alone claimed 2,500 lives is likely to continue and broaden dangerously. Intelligence reports indicate that at least 500 Cuban and Soviet military advisers are already training Patriotic Front guerrillas in Mozambique. Some guerrillas have been taken to East bloc countries for advanced instruction. To ward off the Rhodesian air force, which has been effective against the guerrillas, surface-to-air missiles are being shipped in by the Soviets. White Rhodesians, too, appear to be gearing for war. More and more "boomers"-soldiers of fortune harking to the boom...
...like Ellsberg, had removed classified information without authorization. When Sorensen left the White House in 1964, he took along 67 boxes of documents, seven of them classified. Included were memos on the Kennedy-Khrushchev summit meeting in Vienna, the war in Laos, the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban missile crisis. Sorensen used some of the material for his book Kennedy, then donated all of it to the Kennedy Library. He claimed a $231,000 tax deduction, part of which was rejected by the IRS. These actions were not exceptional. When Lyndon Johnson left the White House, he carted...
Facing Famine. Some of the Cuban soldiers in Angola have been replaced by civilian technicians, but they have not succeeded in bringing the country out of economic paralysis. In Luanda, meat, eggs, milk and bread are often unobtainable. A U.N. official visiting the city has warned that Angola faces not only widespread famine but the danger of tuberculosis and epidemics of dysentery. Largely because of the mass exodus of Portuguese whites, the country has only one doctor for every 12,000 people. The few foreign visitors allowed into the country are appalled by the chaos. Transportation and other public service...