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Word: notso (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Shoot If You Must. With this notso-sweet mess on his hands, Castro spent the week growling at the U.S. and doing his best to convince the world that he really means to shoot down a U-2 reconnaissance plane. Sipping a brandy-and-soda at a Japanese reception in Havana, he insistently told newsmen that he was willing to go to war to stop the U.S. from keeping an aerial eye on his Communist island. "We will prevent these flights to the limits of what our weapons can do," Castro said. And then, for the first time, he confirmed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cuba: SAM's Song | 5/8/1964 | See Source »

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