Word: guarded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...armed forces, the secret security, Castro's network of neighborhood spies and "the entire organized populace" searched for more than two weeks. Their quarry: Angel Betancourt Cueto, the flight engineer who tried to hijack a Cubana Airlines plane March 27th and ended up killing the pilot and a guard before leaping from the plane and escaping (TIME, April 8). Last week Castro finally found his man-and with him an excuse to discredit what little remains of religion in Cuba...
...classic context, tradition tends to embalm the moment in time when the culture feels it is at its peak. British sovereigns ride to their coronations in an 18th century coach with an escort of cavalrymen wearing plumed helmets, and the guards at the Vatican are still dressed in the costumes Michelangelo reputedly designed for them. It is impossible to imagine a guard of honor for a U.S. President dressed as Minutemen. For Americans believe profoundly that the best is yet to be; that whatever it is-a building, a custom, an institution-they can do it better next time...
...Boston Guard K. C. Jones was wearing so much adhesive tape that he looked like a fourth dynasty mummy. Forward Sam Jones was suffering from water on the knee. Center Bill Russell's right leg was so bandaged up that it looked as if he was wearing long Johns under his shorts. Forward Willie Naulls was suffering from a bad attack of the bads; he could not find the basket, which caused Coach Red Auerbach to start John Havlicek in his place. Of such accidents are great coaches made...
...most notable: the Viking Princess's efficient, seasoned crew, mostly Norwegian, and its stout red-mustached skipper, a veteran of 36 years at sea. By contrast, the Castle was commanded by a green Greek who received a stinging rebuke for negligence from the U.S. Coast Guard for, among other indiscretions, holding no fire drill for his passengers and being among the first to leave the ship...
...round-robin series, Harvard emerged unscathed with a 5-0 score. Finishing behind the Crimson sailers were the Coast Guard Academy, Dartmouth, Boston College, M.I.T., and Stonehill...