Word: offing
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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In the trials that followed, two of the husbands got 20 years, the other 30. To forestall plotting, the men were sent to widely separated prisons. Two of the sisters themselves were imprisoned briefly, then allowed to return to their family home near Salcedo, 70 miles northwest of Ciudad Trujillo...
There was, of course, no hint of foul play in the reports from Trujilloland. But the terrible deaths of the three sisters and their driver-who presumably was considered expendable-would be something for the 14th of June underground to think about.
Cuba's new revolutionaries may not be very well organized, but they are learning, and they mean what they say. The Havana resistance promised Fidel Castro no rest-no rest is what he is getting. In the early morning one day last week, eight bombs exploded in the city...
Dynamite Downtown. Havana has seen noisier days, including one with 20 bombs earlier in the week, but none worse. In place of the usual black-powder noisemakers planted in the suburbs, these bombs were exploded downtown and were packed with dynamite. The provinces were not far behind. Saboteurs on horseback...
The opposition's strongest blow to date found Castro showing signs of strain. El Mundo Editor Luis Gomez Wanguermert, a Castro spokesman, said flatly: "Cuba would welcome any relaxation of tension with the U.S." A few nights later at Havana University, Castro himself announced: "The Cuban revolution does not...