Word: disasterously
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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The Cuban Disaster
Bobby Kennedy's crowded new schedule pointed up the most important administrative result of the Cuba disaster: with John Kennedy disappointed in the performance of Government and military professionals, his brother had emerged as a sort of Administration strong man. There is no title for the job, and there...
The Cuba disaster brought a lot of shifts, some subtle and some drastic, in the new New Frontier pecking order. Among the major ups and downs:
Backed against a wall, the visiting Pittsburgh teacher barely escaped a thundering mob of moppets carrying chairs. A second herd crashed by, lugging lightweight desks; then came a teacher, pushing a bookcase on wheels. Instead of vanishing into classrooms, the kids camped in noisy huddles all over one huge room...
Before news of the disaster arrived, some 15,000 wives, mothers and friends of members of the wiped-out invasion forces gathered in Miami's Bayfront Park for a scheduled "Thank Kennedy" meeting. But under the impact of tragedy, the women, faces wet with tears, screamed instead, "Kennedy! Help...