Word: tensely
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Facing Facts. McNamara's strategy reflects his willingness to face fearful facts and counter them with his own cold logic. The U.S., contends McNamara, has a definite nuclear superiority over the Soviet Union (soon after taking office he impolitically dismissed the "missile gap" that Kennedy campaigned on in 1960...
Essentially, Coon's thesis for the origin of these racial distinctions is simply. Rejecting the conventional concept that races are rather recent--anywhere from several hundred years old to a few tens of thousands of years old--he postulates that racial differentiation took place early along five geographically separate lines...
Under Russian Occupation. The Administration was beset by other Cuban embarrassments last week. U.S. newspapers reported an intensive buildup of Soviet strength on the island. According to some accounts, upwards of 20,000 Soviet troops are still in Cuba. Construction of underground depots, heavy pillboxes, hangars and runways is moving...
Dynamited Danube. In the bitter cold, many nations suffered acute fuel shortages. In the U.S., the mayor of Huntsville, Ala. declared an emergency because of rapidly vanishing natural gas supplies. The British government organized a 4,000-truck coal convoy to bring fuel into freezing communities, and the nation'...
* Aces should always be split because there is a good chance of a winning hand with either of the new hands; eights should be split if the dealer has a seven or higher showing simply because 16 is such a bad total to hold; splitting five is unfavorable because it...