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...truly dominant figure. When the new President, John Kennedy, came out of a harrowing meeting with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev in 1961, he went straight to a prearranged session with Reston to discuss Khrushchev's apparent threat of a nuclear showdown. In the months between that meeting and the Cuban missile crisis, Reston's reporting played the role it often had since the 1940s: it was the most authoritative indicator of what those in the U.S. government really had in mind...
...Dillon’s most crucial roles in United States history, however, had nothing to do with the United States economy. He was picked by Kennedy to be a member of a small council to determine the United States’ response to the Cuban Missile crisis, according to Allison...
Allison recalled sending a tape of a presentation on the Cuban Missile crisis that his class had done to Dillon, and that the former Secretary had written him back a “very kind” letter detailing how he himself agreed and disagreed with the presenters...
...seriously affected by the strike, which began Dec. 2. Venezuelans were stocking up on food and gasoline, worried that supplies would soon run out. Opposition parties - backed by the public-sector unions and National Business Association - accuse the President of promoting class hatred, and of taking the country toward Cuban-style socialism. But Chávez maintained he would survive what he called "the terrorist-fascist strike," and refused to discuss elections. He said his opponents were trying to destabilize the country and force the military to intervene, which is exactly what happened in April, when dissident military officers briefly...
...start of their tenure as owners, Hinkle and Moylan showcased an African-American directors series and a Cuban film series, both of which disappointed at the box office, according to Hinkle...