Word: khrushchevism
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With the surprise announcement that Premier Khrushchev has ordered the dismantling of Soviet missile bases in Cuba, in return for President Kennedy's pledge not to invade the island, the crisis which threatened the peace of the world has ended abruptly...
Given the stated determination of the United States to use military power, if necessary, to estimate the Soviet threat in the Western Hemisphere, Khrushchev's back-down was inevitable. The crisis illustrates once again that when one power is in a position to use direct military power in defense of what it regards as its vital interests, the other power will retreat. This was the lesson of Korea in 1950 and of Hungary in 1956; it is the lesson of Cuba...
...Band show, which was seen by more than a million persons on CBS television, was devoted to great comedy acts of the year. The Prize for the friendliest performance went to Fidel Castro and Nikita Khrushchev for their recent love affair. Dartmouth's musicians contented themselves with a rather dull precision drill...
...anti-Communist government to force it into a coalition government with the Communists." The New York Daily News pointedly reprinted a question that Presidential Candidate Kennedy, in 1960, aimed at Eisenhower: "If you can't stand up to Castro, how can you be expected to stand up to Khrushchev...
...scientists get their comeuppance when a computer misfires. Planes are accidentally signaled to bomb Moscow, and before they can be stopped, they have done just that. President Kennedy frantically calls Premier Khrushchev. Says Kennedy: "All day you and I have sat here fighting, not each other, but rather this big rebellious, computerized system, struggling to keep it from blowing up the world." Replies a chastened Khrushchev: "Yes, we both trusted these systems too much. You can never trust any system, Mr. President, whether it is made of computers, or of people...