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...statement, "He played a major role in saving the world from a nuclear disaster." Dobrynin, who worked with six American Presidents as the Soviet ambassador to the U.S., took on that position in 1962. Almost immediately, he was involved in negotiations with the Kennedy brothers to defuse the Cuban missile crisis. Originally an engineer, Dobrynin was ambassador for 24 Cold War years; altogether his storied diplomatic career lasted more than 40 years. While serving as an ambassador for Soviet leaders from Khrushchev to Gorbachev, Dobrynin was widely admired in Washington for his charm and political skill. After returning to Moscow...
...wins the young Shirley MacLaine, in her film debut). Hitchcock called on Forsythe twice in the '60s, as a man accused of murder in the 1962 TV drama I Saw the Whole Thing, and seven years later, as a government agent in Topaz. Except for an interlude of rapturous Cuban deceit between a Castro type and a femme fatale, this is one of Hitchcock's few perfunctory botches, never escaping the inertia of its putative star, that cardboard continental Frederick Stafford. Forsythe suffered no collateral damage here; even as a spy, he does not skulk, he glides...
...over 50 new galleries spread over four floors. Visitors will begin on the ground floor with the Pre-Columbian era and work their way up until they get to the modernist masters like Jackson Pollock and Franz Kline on the top floor, alongside African-American artist Jacob Lawrence and Cuban artist Wilfredo Lam. Objects from South, Central, and North America will be presented as forming a coherent whole, a particular trajectory through the evolution of artistic practice...
Cuisine: “Modern French Bistro with a Cuban Twist.” For Quadlings who don’t want to trek down to Sandrine’s, Chez Henri is a cozy, friendly option only a few minutes down Shepard Street from Currier, Cabot, or Pfoho...
...What are your opinions on the state of Cuban music today? You and many of your colleagues represent, in a way, the old guard of Cuban music. Do you like the new direction that Cuban music is headed...