Search Details

Word: mccoys (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Behind the barbed wire and chain-link fences at Fort McCoy, in the bucolic farm land of western Wisconsin, young Hispanic men have stripped off their shirts because of the sweltering summer heat. But when asked what the 5,000 Cuban refugees at the sprawling Army base need most, Tómas Rodriguez, president of their governing council, replies: "Warm clothing for the cold weather that is coming." Has he no hope, then, that most of them will be resettled before winter? "No," answers Rodriguez. "If we were to say yes, we would be fooling ourselves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Camp of Fear in Wisconsin | 9/8/1980 | See Source »

Chances are that he is right. Fort McCoy once was the gateway to a new life for Cubans fleeing Fidel Castro's island; almost 10,000 have passed through and been placed with American sponsors. Now it is a kind of prison, an extreme example of the difficulties the U.S. faces in assimilating the last of the 120,000 Cubans who have flooded the country since April, emblematic of some of the reasons for the despair that has driven a handful of refugees to hijack American airliners to Havana. The seventh U.S. hijacking in 26 days occurred last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Camp of Fear in Wisconsin | 9/8/1980 | See Source »

...held until sponsors can be found to give them homes, 1,000 troopers of the 82nd Airborne Division stood guard over 4,000 Cubans last week to prevent a repetition of the Aug. 5 riot in which 16 camp officials and 42 Cubans were injured, one fatally. In Fort McCoy, Wis., homosexual attacks and knife fights have broken out among the 5,300 Cubans housed in the camp; many are refugees under 18 who face continued idleness in what they view as a prison unless good Samaritans can be found who will assume legal guardianship as foster parents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Welcome Wears Thin | 9/1/1980 | See Source »

...idea that they are apolitical. Brundage lamented that in ancient Greece wars were suspended for the Olympics, whereas today the Olympics are suspended for wars. In fact, the first Olympics were dry runs for wars. Once, in 364 B.C., the Eleians turned a dry run into the real McCoy and swooped down on the Pisates during the Games. They won. The modern marathon,"inspired by the tale of a soldier who ran 25 miles to report a victory, commemorates both politics and conquest. As for the glory of fighting well, one needs only to read Pindar on the ignominy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: The Games: Winning Without Medals | 8/4/1980 | See Source »

Bronco Billy McCoy, shoe salesman and excon late of New Jersey, drives a panel truck and ambles through Idaho and Montana in search of friendly territory. Billy and his motley crew--a doctor without a doctor's license, an Indian who plays with rattlesnakes and a trick ropester who ran away from the army--make up the "best in the west" wild west show. Followed by two trucks, a horse trailer and a red convertible with pearl-handled revolvers for door handles, Billy leads his cavalry in search of orphanages, mental institutions and anywhere else they can find a crowd...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Bombs | 7/4/1980 | See Source »

Previous | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | Next