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...suffered a month-long series of setbacks rare in the history of the Republic. First came Russia's man-in-space triumph. Then the shockingly bungled invasion of Cuba. Finally, and belatedly, came the sickening realization that U.S.-backed Laos was about to go down the Communist drain...
...militia were so fed up with Castro's Communism that there would be mass defections. But the area chosen for the invasion was one in which Castro spends many weekends fishing, resting and talking with the peasants; he has a grand, job-producing scheme under way to drain the swamp and turn it into a tourist attraction. The peasants remained loyal to Castro and added their weight to the militia, which fought well enough for an outfit that was supposed to turn and run. The U.S. planners, despite counsel that June-when the sugar harvest is in and unemployment...
Although the University reportedly filled in these fields with compressible slag after a flood in 1956, the fill has sunk so far into the former tidal area that drainage pipes, 30 feet apart, are almost literally supporting the entire area. Instead of allowing rainwater to drain off, the silt serves as a reservoir where seagulls have been known to nest...
Although Administration officials cited one possible conservation plan, they declined to estimate its possible cost. This plan would involve filling the entire area with about eight feet of iron slag, which would solidify and act as a drain for the water. New turf would cover the slag...
...after he took hold, the new Secretary made what is called in Pentagonese some "quick and dirty fixes." Given the charter by President Kennedy, he rescinded Dwight Eisenhower's morale-damaging order calling for a cut in the number of military dependents abroad (to slow down the dollar drain), and thus won the undying, somebody-back-there-likes-us gratitude of the troops. Polaris got a new step-up, and a fast order for new troop-transport planes shot out of the E Ring like a bullet. Publicly McNamara stumbled only once-and that was to his credit...