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  • May 2008

    • JFK Negotiated (and Got His Butt Kicked)

      New York Times  |  May 22, 08 12:55 PM CDT

      JFK Negotiated (and Got His Butt Kicked)

      (Newser) - On the campaign trail, Barack Obama often invokes a JFK maxim—"Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate"—to back up his commitment to talk to America's enemies. But in a Times op-ed, two writers observe that Kennedy learned a tough lesson when negotiating with Nikita Khrushchev: Meeting with the enemy gives him the opportunity to kick you. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John F. Kennedy  • Cold War  • appeasement  • negotiation  • Cuban Missile Crisis

  • February 2008

    • Cuba Takes a Swing at Golf

      Wall Street Journal  |  Feb 23, 08 12:17 PM CST

      Cuba Takes a Swing at Golf

      (Newser) - Nearly a dozen tony golf-resort projects funded by Spanish, British, and Canadian consortiums are under way in Cuba as acting President Raul Castro tries to lure foreign tourists—and their cash—back to the struggling island nation by creating a new Caribbean golf destination, reports the Wall Street Journal. Castro took over for his ailing brother, Fidel, in July 2006; he's expected to be named president tomorrow. More »

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      golf  • tourism  • Fidel Castro  • Raul Castro  • tourists  • Che Guevara  • golf course  • Arnold Palmer  • Cuban Missile Crisis

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