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...certainly true that he was much tougher and much sharper after the Bay of Pigs, and much more effective in the October 1962 missile confrontation against Cuba and the Soviet Union. But the lessons of the Bay of Pigs remained to haunt him and the U.S. The lessons were many. Secrecy and deviousness are necessary in the fight against Communism-but it is naive to assume that a nation like the U.S. can launch a sizable military operation and not be found out. It is useful to appeal to dissidents inside Communist countries-but given the known nature of Communist...
...plot perks right along without her. Having learned Andi's identity, Ireland closes in during the whee hours when open windows, flashing cutlery and hairbreadth escapes are apt to achieve maximum impact among teenagers. Any who are hooked on horror shows will find every reason to haunt Castle's. Their parents may prefer to stay home and sneak in a few phone calls...
...irked were California legislators that this month they passed a law to give university officials clear-cut authority to kick nonstudents off the campus when they "interfere with the peaceful conduct" of the school. But these restless souls also haunt Harvard, the University of Wisconsin, Columbia University, and other places where an academic community proves congenial to the outsider...
...dented iron deer, have long been available for those with offbeat tastes. But as architectural monuments are bulldozed into extinction across the land, a new group of collectors is springing up - architectural buffs who first picket to preserve the best of the old, then, if the wreckers move in, haunt the ruins in hopes of rescuing a cornice, a caryatid, a cartouche, an ornamented corbel, or some Tiffany glass...
...suit revived rumors that Robin son has been aching to square off with Winchell ever since the columnist declined to take him to the Stork Club, a favorite Winchell haunt, some years ago on the ground that Negroes weren't welcome there. But Sugar Ray insisted he was not nursing an old grudge; he was only defending his honor. As for Columnist Winchell, he kept unprofessionally mute. And the Hearst organization struck a public posture of unconcern. "If Robinson's going to tangle with our lawyers," said National Editor Frank Conniff, "then he's got more money...