Epstein Secrets

rowing and eventually eclipsing the World Bank, too. Beijing may even look beyond roads and bridges to address balance-of-payments needs. If you're Vietnam, why go to the IMF and submit to the policy changes and increased transparency its officials demand in exchange for aid? All China asks for is fri

es of crises from 1958 to 1962, exploiting the vulnerability of West Berlin to pressure the West into recognizing East Germany as a separate state. Khrushchev managed to block West German ambitions while demonstrating his resolve to hawks in the Kremlin and communist bloc. "I think the people with the str

le understanding of the consequences. It is a lesson that Presidents Johnson and Bush would have been wise to ponder when considering what to do in Vietnam and Iraq, and one that remains valid today. Politics As President Clinton pointed out in his speech at the Democratic National Convention about the

. It is said that Kennedy was bracing for an "eyeball to eyeball" moment, but it never happened. There is now plenty of evidence that Kennedy — like Khrushchev — was a lot less steely-eyed than depicted in the initial accounts of the crisis, which were virtually dictated by the White House. Tape-recorded tr

e an example of the former; but to challenge under the same circumstances Senator J. William Fulbright for his opposition to Administration policy in Vietnam is considered by insiders to be a frightening instance of the latter. The more Jacqueline Kennedy has tried to erase the crudeness of her husband's s

ase is /¢. Fidel Castro says Cuba is a socialist state. That proves they are Communists. But we knew it before. You could tell by the way Castro and Khrushchev hugged each other. So we stopped buying sugar from Cuba. Now other countries buy sugar from Cuba. Iran has bought 10,000 tons of sugar from Cuba. Ir