Word: harboring
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Surprised but not abashed by all the fuss, Kennedy took his major critics to lunch. He tactfully refrained from telling his home state that Old Ironsides belongs to the whole U.S., even though she has been a historic shrine in Boston Harbor since 1909. Her renovation in the late '20s was aided by the pennies of schoolchildren across the nation, and the U.S. Navy has since manned and maintained her at an annual cost of about $35,000. But he did wield a secret weapon: his older brother's personal interest in moving the 165-year-old vessel...
...four hours Castro rambled on, eventually getting to the point of his message. Since Cuba was protected by Russian rockets, "it can be said that the general situation at the moment is one of security. Imperialism has elements of judgment so as not to harbor the least doubt as to what a military invasion of Cuba would mean." Such being the case, Castro expressed "our disposition to normalize relations."- He was willing to talk about payment for seized U.S. property, and about selling sugar to the U.S. again. But not on condition that Cuba break away from the Soviet Union...
...strike. The bauxite mines and sugar mills closed down; so did the docks, railroads and airports. Hardly a store remained open. In the emergency, British technicians arrived to run essential power plants and water works if necessary. The frigate Whirlwind, later replaced by the Londonderry, steamed into Georgetown harbor to reinforce the 500 Coldstream Guards on duty in the country...
Senior social activities begin tonight with a formal dance in the Eliot House Courtyard from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Members of the class, dates parents and friends will board the S.S. Yankee tomorrow night from 9 to 12 p.m. for a cruise through Boston Harbor...
...Corner. How is the war actually going? Measured against the desperate situation that faced General Maxwell Taylor on a fact-finding mission for the President 19 months ago, there is room for qualified optimism. When Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara returned from a conference with service chiefs in Pearl Harbor last week, the Pentagon said "the corner has definitely been turned toward victory." No one was setting any timetable, but U.S. military chiefs and South Viet Nam's President Ngo Dinh Diem say that the war should be won "within three years." There are many soldiers in South Viet...