Word: khrushchev
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Eisenhower heart attack of 1955, when Nixon faced the delicate task of assuming responsibility without appearing to usurp power; 4) the riotous Nixon visit to South America in 1958, which almost ended in his death at the hands of a Caracas mob; Sy the "kitchen debate" with Khrushchev during Nixon's 1959 mission to Moscow, and " 6) the 1960 campaign itself...
...tributes as though they were sapphires. He recalls that in the midst of the Lima riots, just before Caracas, "Tad Szulc. Latin American correspondent for the New York Times, ran alongside the car saying, 'Good going, Mr. Vice President, good going. " In Moscow, immediately after his harangue with Khrushchev, "Ernie Barcella the correspondent for United Press International, came alongside and whispered in my ear, 'Good going, Mr. Vice President.'" After a speech in New York: "The audience gave me a standing ovation. As I sat down, Governor Dewey grasped my hand and said: 'That...
...disarmament talk seemed even more futile when reports arrived of Nikita Khrushchev's latest speech in Moscow, plainly aimed at supporting Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and his chief disarmament negotiator, peppery U.N. Ambassador Valerian Zorin, in the task of frightening the smaller nations. Again rejecting an inspected test-ban treaty, Khrushchev boasted of a "new" Soviet "global rocket," which "is invulnerable to anti-missile weapons" and makes U.S. radar detection systems useless, since the rockets "can fly around the world in any direction and strike a blow at any set target." This was hardly news, and the U.S. could...
RUSK: "Mr. Gromyko, I have noted of late that Mr. Khrushchev seems to be speaking with two voices. One Mr. Khrushchev is the man of peace. The other Mr. Khrushchev is the one who makes the decisions in the air corridors. From now on, I am going to listen with two ears to establish which is the real Mr. Khrushchev...
...with success, the new school grew and the field became rich with volunteers: making Jackie Kennedy jokes (very dangerous), Khrushchev jokes (very controversial); "I caught a piece of spinach in my teeth" jokes (very insightful). The attitude had shifted. We were back where we started. We had thrown out the old inaccurate stereotype for a new inaccurate stereotype...