Word: disasterous
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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To much of the U.S., the spring of 1961 consisted of rain, rain and more rain. But not in the Far West, a land where water is life-and, in many places, disaster is building.
Reno residents went on voluntary water ration. Lake Tahoe was being tapped for the first time, and Governor Grant Sawyer declared: "Our whole state is a disaster area."
Shattered Authority. Even before the Cuban disaster, the main difficulty in finding a topflight man for the Latin American job was the fact that all real authority was tightly held by Berle and his task force. Since then, so many men have had a hand in policy that no one...
No Complaints. The reaction from the hemisphere spokesmen has been immediate, strong and favorable. For the first time since the Cuban invasion, the Mexican government let it be known that it was "100% in accord with Kennedy." Chile's conservative President Jorge Alessandri was openly enthusiastic about the promised...
Two broad but unsolved questions underlie these three requests. One is the same choice facing all our NATO allies. Canada can continue the prevalent, "good-time-Charlie" attitude of letting the U.S. provide the bulk of the alliance's support and gamble that this is enough; or it can contribute...