Word: disasterously
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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OEVERAL weeks ago, in describing how we put together our cover story on the Cuba disaster, we had to soft-pedal mention of our Havana correspondent, Jay Mallin, who at the time was a "guest" in the Swiss embassy (most European nations do not recognize the right of asylum). Mallin...
Amid the soft fog of irresolution that settled on the Kennedy Administration after the Cuba disaster, some vague and scattered signs of clearing were visible last week. "We're on the brink of a lot of things now," said a high-up White House aide. At a vacation retreat...
Revolt Against Tyranny. These intimations of action, plus intensified national concern about the cold war and continuing reverberations of the Cuba disaster, combined to stir intense new interest in a long-debated issue of international law and international morality: the rights and wrongs of "intervention." Heard again, after a spell...
For Disaster. For the first time in the tensest quarter-hour of his life, Alan Shepard could afford to forget the intricate complex of rescue gear that had been guarding his path from Pad 5 to U.S.S. Lake Champlain. Few men in history have been watched over so cautiously. Long...
Until the last two minutes before blastoff, the cherry picker had been close to the pad, prepared to snatch Shepard from Freedom 7 in case of a disaster on the ground. Besides the cherry picker, a fire-proofed Army personnel carrier stood by with a fire-suited crew. Some four...