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...only 40 years ago that the world hovered on the brink of nuclear war? As the Cuban missile crisis came to a head during the last week of October 1962, TIME reported that housewives were stockpiling groceries in anticipation of Armageddon...
Former advisors to John F. Kennedy ’40 relived the tension of the Cuban missile crisis at the Kennedy School of Government’s ARCO Forum Friday, 40 years after the U.S. teetered on the brink of nuclear...
...Look Back In Angst," James Poniewozik wrote about the new television programs that treat the cold war era with nostalgia [TELEVISION, Sept. 23]. He referred to the era of bomb shelters and the Cuban missile crisis and said, "Back then, we joked about it." As a 63-year-old curmudgeon, I remember how we felt then, and there was nothing humorous about bomb drills or the Cuban missile crisis or the likelihood that going into a shelter wouldn't save you. If we joked about the Bomb, it wasn't back then but well after the fact. And the laughter...
...bother with a menu, sit back and let your waiter make the choices. Camlik Sokak, No. 15/3, tel. +212 270 24 33 BEST MUSIC Toward the Galata Tower is an area known as Tunel, a center for nightlife. Babylon is a favorite, and features everything from German electronica to Cuban rapsters to Turkish jazz. Check out what's on at www.babylon-ist.com. Seyhbender Sokak, 3, tel. +212 292 73 68 BEST CLUBS Istanbul's jet set kick up their well-shod heels at Leila and Reina, exclusive night-clubs with both summer and winter venues. Their summer spots on the Bosporus...
...states--and he won. It was Rove who in July warned Republican lawmakers who wanted to lift the trade embargo on Cuba that the White House would never go along. Bush's position was based on policy, not politics, Rove promised, but the Congressmen didn't buy it. The Cuban-American lobby is key to Bush's hope of winning Florida in 2004, not to mention his brother's tough re-election bid in November to be the state's Governor. Says anti-embargo Republican Jeff Flake of Arizona: "Everyone recognizes there is a political element to this...