Word: stops
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Panama Canal was given away for fear the U.S. Army couldn't defend it against rebels, but these same old goats are going to stop the Soviet army in Cuba...
...foolish, all this talk of Ted Kennedy for President [Sept. 17]. The only thing Kennedy has going for him is the name. Why don't we put this legend behind us and stop thinking of the Kennedys as our saviors? We have a decent, hard-working President in Jimmy Carter, and we should be thankful...
...summons had gone out from Carter, the officials were scattered across the capital. National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski had just delivered a pep talk for the SALT II accords at the posh Cosmos Club. He dashed off before he had a chance to eat, then ordered his driver to stop at a McDonald's, where he picked up a hamburger and a root beer. He arrived at the White House clutching the paper bag and wolfed down the fast-food fare in his elegant corner office before heading for the Cabinet Room...
...stirred the country, but then the visit itself had no precedent. His Aer Lingus 747 was to touch down at Boston's Logan Airport-and then John Paul II would be the first Pope in history to tour the U.S. Huge throngs would gather at his every stop: some several hundred thousand were expected for Monday's Mass on Boston Common; as many as 5 million for his stops in New York City, which would include overflow audiences for Masses at Yankee and Shea stadiums; millions more in Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington and even Des Moines...
...Boston, 1000 protesters outside Holy Cross Cathedral chanted "stop racism now" and held up placards to attract the Pope's attention. The racially-mixed demonstrators were protesting the shooting of a high school football player last week in Charlestown. The Secret Service rerouted the Pontiff to avoid the protesters...