Word: slights
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...chance of a warm official welcome elsewhere is slight. All the major Latin American Presidents-Argentina's Frondizi, Mexico's López Mateos, Brazil's Kubitschek, Venezuela's Betancourt, Chile's Alessandri, Colombia's Lleras Camargo-are authentic, elected democrats, friendly to the U.S. and fearful of letting Khrushchev get a foothold in the Western Hemisphere. But though Latin America is gifted with many mature and responsible top officials, it also has masses of poor and illiterate people whose grievances can be exploited. From his platform in Cuba, Khrushchev undoubtedly hopes to talk...
...today given a clean bill of health [at a medical clinic]. The doctors were unable to find any evidence of his having been 'kicked and slugged' at any time in the past few days, as claimed, and stated that he was in excellent physical condition. A slight abrasion was noted on one knee, acquired, however, more than 24 hours after the time of the claimed injuries. Even this was X-rayed-with negative findings. The examination was at Oravec's request. He also selected the clinic...
...Helga Bading remained with Paul Crews and a two-way portable radio. Soon, monitors at a radio shop in Anchorage, 140 miles away, heard Crews's call for help: all four in the upper party were injured -broken limbs, head injuries, frostbite-and now Mrs. Bading herself, a slight (95 lbs., 4 ft. 11 in.) woman, was sick from lack of oxygen. Before Crews finished radioing his report, one of the greatest rescue operations of Alaskan history was under way. For four grueling days, mountain climbers struggled toward the peak, and daredevil airmen dropped supplies and ferried rescuers, winged...
...American League season's first days, Bilko still looked good: he hit home runs on consecutive days against the Chicago White Sox. Then, as the weather grew warmer, came the seemingly slight difference in pitching between the majors and the top minors that is best described by Bilko himself: "Up here you see a good pitcher every day. Down there, maybe only five in seven days. And down there are a lot of young guys who don't know what they're doing...
NATO's Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, Air Force General Lauris Norstad, 53, was bedded in Munich's U.S. Army hospital after suffering a "very slight coronary occlusion" while golfing in Bavaria...