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It is a matter of record that in the earlier days of his revolution, Cuba asked us for arms, and that we refused. She then asked England and France, and it was reported at the time that, under pressure from us, they refused also. The Russian alternative was then sought...
In its unending drive to erode the foundations of U.S. power and prestige, Russia in recent months has been in a position to choose among several profitable cold-war theaters: Cuba, the Congo, Berlin. With such a profusion of attractive targets, why had Nikita Khrushchev chosen to push his attack...
The despairing architect hero of Greene's latest and best novel attempts to isolate himself from worldwide fame by retreating to a tropical leper hospital. Yet what he finds is a mirror image of himself and of the civilization that he fled.
Its 50-bed infirmary will consist largely of singles and doubles "so that we can isolate infectious diseases," Dr. Farnsworth said. "In case of an epidemic we can put an extra bed in each room and take care of 96," he noted.
In response to this subtle drive to isolate West Berlin from West Germany, Adenauer vacillated for weeks, then abruptly proclaimed a trade embargo against the East Germans, to become effective Dec. 31, if they did not stop harassing Berlin. In their new artichokery style, the Communists did not reply with...