Word: americas
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...year-old cup is the oldest inter-collegiate rivalry in North America; this year McGill was outmatched by the Harvard team. The Crimson forwards dominated the throw-ins and scrums as Keith Oberg, the hooker, won 85 per cent of the hooks and allowed the scrum to win the ball consistently...
HHAC is raising the money on behalf of Oxfam-America, the domestic branch of an international relief organization, and of Catholic Relief Services, an arm of the Catholic Church. The funds will pay for the purchase and distribution of food and supplies for Cambodians in their nation and in refugee camps in Thailand...
Anne D. Fish, assistant director of resource development for Oxfam-America, said yesterday her organization had agreed with the Cambodian government that only civilians would receive food. The government did not want the food to reach soldiers of the deposed Pol Pot regime, who still control parts of the country, she added...
Fish added that Oxfam-America, which has raised $300,000 for Cambodia so far, does not usually accept government funds, but will consider distributing U.S. aid "this one time only because of the immediate crisis...
Fish said that universities supply approximately 15 per cent of Oxfam-America's income and added that Harvard's committee "has been one of our more active groups...