Word: 7th
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Thus, unlike West Germany, which was admitted into NATO in the '50s, Japan was never asked until recently to take an active role in her own defense. American air and troop bases on the islands, and the Navy's 7th Fleet, were considered adequate protection. For the U.S. to request a rapid reversal of this situation is somewhat hypocritical and more than a little unrealistic...
...done soon, for reason existent before the shooting and only more pressing now. The past two decades have seen an enormous buildup of Soviet power in the Far East. Since 1970, the Soviet Pacific Fleet has increased its total tonnage from one million to 1.6 million, while the 7th Fleet's tonnage has decreased from one million to 600,000. The Soviets have stationed Backfire bombers and $$-20s--the same type of nuclear missile threatening Europe--within range of Japan. In addition, Russian troops are in possession of several small northern Japanese islands. Finally, the Soviet-Vietnamese Pact...
After the 7th year...
...they think of it at all, as a sort of 16th republic of the Soviet Union. The country's roots, in fact, lie elsewhere. Its name comes from the Bulgars, a people of Turkic origin that moved south of the Danube and into present-day Bulgaria in the 7th century. Conquered by the Ottoman Turks in 1396, the Bulgarians spent the next 500 years under the yoke of Constantinople before being set free by the Tsar's forces. During both world wars the country sided with Germany, but it could never bring itself to declare war against...
Paul McNulty finished first for Harvard in 30:15 but could not push past Dartmouth's three frontrunners. Jim Sapienza won for the Big Green in 29:02 on the 5.8-mile, hilly Hanover course. Felix Rippey, Eric Schuler, Paul Gompers and Paul Kent finished 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th to round out the Crimson top five...