Word: particularized
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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World opinion in general and that of the United States in particular, was shocked during the past two weeks when the headlines glared with the ominous news of the execution of more and more of Batista's henchmen. The understandable reaction of many, if not most American editorial columns was one of disapproval and disappointment. Indeed, I went to Havana with such an attidue, but my mind was soon changed. On the basis of what I have personally seen and heard, I have no doubt but that the executions are deserved...
...Batista's huge police and espionage force, similar in their operation to Hitler's Gestapo. Often SIM officials would work in conjunction with informers who in return for their services would sometimes be paid a salary or in other cases be allowed to operate certain illegal activities within a particular geographical area...
...issue probably confuses the United States citizen more than that of this country's defenses. In particular our position vis a vis the Russians in missiles, although hopefully known to the Administration, still remains shrouded in conflicting data, misinformation and a morass of secrecy...
...main interest is the current theater, comedy in particular; and he feels there is definitely something wrong with the comic stage in America. "Neither the writers nor the actors seem to have a sense of 'style' in the theater. The English have a great and persistent tradition for high comedy--drawing-room comedy--and they manage the right blend of elegance and finish and wit in their plays and also in their productions. Here, we just don't have the tradition, and there are too many other pressures on the theater...
...suspect," said McDonald, "that the Federal Government wanted to distribute the money with particular urgency to demonstrate that it could use the $24 million in additional funds requested recently by the President." Slashing the grant to each college to 10 per cent of its request, rather than examining actual needs, seemed "the quickest way," he thought...