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...modified version also proved too strong for the Crimson, despite the services of Dyer. The Yale swimmers had built a lead of nearly two body lengths by the time Dyer took off on the anchor leg. In spite of a sprint that brought him within a quarter of a length of Anderson, Dyer faded slightly on the last lap and the Elis were home safe...
There were other accomplishments. She negotiated the NATO status-of-forces agreement, which gives the Western forces a firm military anchor in Italy. And she coordinated diplomatic overseas planning for the potentially hazardous-but successful-evacuation of some 2,800 Americans from the Middle East, principally by the U.S. Sixth Fleet under Vice Admiral Charles R. Brown...
Turkey (pop. 24,110,000). Hates and fears Russia, whether Russia is Communist or not. A secularized Mos lem state, very friendly to the U.S., Turkey is the eastern anchor of NATO. Its 500,000-man army is the area's best. Sides with Britain over Cyprus. Turks dislike Nasser, chiefly because he opened the door to the Russians in the Middle East...
...globe and anchor boys have done it again. As they told my husband, while he was on active duty: "If the Marine Corps wanted you to have a wife, they would have issued...
...line, Jordan will stick to the same players who started against the Big Red. Captain Ted Metropoulos will anchor the line at left guard, and Marv Lebovitz, bumped against Cornell, will again play center. Big Harold Anderson will open at right guard, and Bob Shaunessy and Dave Schein will go at left and right tackle respectively. Haughey and Hooper will be the ends...