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...Force installed Schriever in the Pentagon to help plan a vague new development program. Month after month thereafter, he moved unobtrusively about the fringes of the chaos of the U.S.'s first moves into missilery. As early as 1950 he was one of the very few-and very unpopular-airmen who did not like the Air Force's cherished B-52. Schriever argued obstinately for a lighter, faster bomber that could fire air-to-ground missiles...
...Batista is "generally unpopular." <| "There is more corruption than ever, and this is saying a great deal in Cuba." <| "Highly respected citizens" all over Cuba have joined in a civil resistance movement against dictatorship and corruption, are supporting Castro. "An internal struggle is now taking place that is more than an effort by the outs to get in."
...difficult job with the light hand and sure footwork that marked earlier Washington assignments, e.g., as Charlie Wilson's public relations counselor and as presidential administrative assistant. Currently Seaton's touchy job is to reverse some McKay water and power decisions that proved to be vastly unpopular in the Far West, e.g., to shift emphasis from McKay's theories of all-out help for quick, private-power development to a more moderate Seaton program of maximum use of each river valley, and possibly increased federal development. Along these lines, Fred Seaton may yet reopen the celebrated Hell...
Letting Down. General Rojas first took power in 1953, when he ousted an unpopular Conservative President. That act put a stop to backlands guerrilla fighting by the opposition Liberals and earned Colombia's gratitude. But his soldiers were not content to be the force supporting a mainly civilian regime. Instead, generals and colonels became Cabinet ministers and governors; sergeants became village mayors. The politicos understandably balked; the rural fighting resumed (TIME, Dec. 31). Rojas cracked down, banning meetings and closing newspapers...
...that American aid will be needed to bail the English and French out of this mess. The money will come from the usual place -the pocket of the American taxpayer. So now we Americans are unpopular over there. Well, O.K., old buddies, if you don't like our peaches, quit shaking our tree...