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Diplomatic Deterrence. In any case the Administration has been reviewing its options-which do not seem to be great-for pressuring Cuba. As long as Castro's links with Moscow remain intact, diplomatic or economic sanctions against Havana would not be very effective. Domestic support of another showdown with the Russians over Cuba, such as occurred in the 1962 missile crisis, might be thin if Americans believed all that was at stake was the future of some white regimes in Africa...
...lieutenant colonel. By 1938, after more service in India and the Middle East, he was a major general. During the opening months of World War II, while France and Belgium were collapsing, his reputation was enhanced by his cool command of a division that escaped almost intact in the Dunkirk evacuation...
...vain, cunning and as jealous of her rival's beauty as of her pretensions to power. In Mary Stuart, the two roles--the personal and political--are as irreconcilable as the two queens. In the end, the woman in each monarch must die to keep the English Protestant succession intact...
...surprising in light of the fact that the French ruled Algeria for over 100 years. However, it is surprising that 14 years after an extremely violent war in which an estimated 1.5 million people died out of a population of 12 million, French culture is still so much intact. Despite the government's efforts to establish new priorities--Arabization of language and culture, agrarian reform and self-management along Cuban and Soviet lines, and increased emphasis on the tenets and taboos of Islam--French ideas and ways of doing things persist...
...wanted to do a TV gig with Actress Mae West for years, recalled Nostalgia Hound Dick Cavett. "But she always resisted, especially talk shows, which she thinks destroy a star's mystique." Mae's mystique stayed fully intact last week, however, during a six-hour taping session for Cavett's April TV special, Backlot U.S.A. "This is the kinda room I like, wall-to-wall men," growled la West, surveying the 50 male extras hired for the session. Mae, 83, sang Frankie and Johnny and other oldies, hugged herself suggestively, and then fretted: "I hope the television...