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Dark Night. Then there was Cuba. It was a tragedy, but if nothing else it served the function of a hickory stick in the presidential education of John Kennedy. Kennedy had inherited the unpleasant fact of Communist Fidel Castro's rule over an enclave within 90 miles of U.S...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Man Of The Year: John F. Kennedy, A Way with the People | 1/5/1962 | See Source »

As they trooped glumly into the wood-paneled splendor of their boardroom one morning last week, 26 governors of the American Stock Exchange steeled themselves for an unpleasant task. An hour later the deed was done. Out of his $75,000-a-year job as president of Amex went genial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wall Street: Little Mac's Exit | 12/22/1961 | See Source »

No one, however, was as infuriated as the players. The decision was exceptionally unpleasant for them, since they had won the right to play in the Rose Bowl and had been invited, only to have their own school turn them down. The team added greatly to the school's prestige...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Egg in Your Beer | 12/15/1961 | See Source »

I can think of no good argument to explain why our flag is not put out every clear day. I do not think that it will be an insuit to the foreign students at this university; I do not think that it will be so unpleasant to look upon the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FLY THE FLAG | 12/13/1961 | See Source »

A Faraway Country. Macleod's case for the defense rests largely on the argument that the Munich pact was a wise if bitter expedient necessitated by the fact that Britain and the Commonwealth were "not ready for war." Growled the Times (which supported Munich): "The reply must be to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Historical Notes: Requiem for a Lightweight | 12/8/1961 | See Source »

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