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...will have to work more as a unit without our real big strengths of last year," Munro said. "We are apt to drop some early season games, but we are definitely a team that will get better. Our biggest problem will be fitting people in, and then getting time to work them," he added...

Author: By Charles B. Straus iii, | Title: Crimson Booters Rank Third in Poll But Rebuilding Job Looms for Munro | 9/25/1972 | See Source »

...Viet Nam admits to many analogies, but perhaps the most apt is that of Sisyphus, the mythical Corinthian king who was condemned forever to roll uphill a huge stone that constantly rolled back. So it is with the South Vietnamese...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH VIET NAM: Rolling Backward Again | 9/11/1972 | See Source »

Eleven BNDD agents have been killed in the past four years. The chief occupational hazard is the "little guy," who is apt to panic when he finds he has been dealing with an agent. A regular trafficker would "just back off and split," says Panella. "These guys don't like messy stuff." They do not hesitate to rub out a suspected informer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Portrait of a Narc: Death Is Never Far Away | 9/4/1972 | See Source »

...wide opening in the door for McGovern-Nixon's ties with big business. No less than 67% answered yes when asked if Nixon was "too close to big business." In response to a slightly different question, 70% of the sample said that Nixon would be the more apt to "protect big business" than McGovern. Add to that the voters' confidence that McGovern is the man who can close tax loopholes, and the Democratic candidate might find a theme...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME POLL: In 16 Key States, Nixon Leads 2 to 1 | 8/28/1972 | See Source »

...troubles with Chicago's Mayor Richard Daley, but Daley abruptly postponed the session. He was evidently irritated by a McGovern interview in TIME last week, in which the candidate said that he had to make a "deliberate effort" to ask support from party regulars, an effort that was apt to "offend tender skins." But McGovern did collect a welcome bonus from another party regular; Lyndon Johnson broke his long silence by endorsing the Democratic ticket, even though he noted: "It is no secret that Senator McGovern and I have widely differing opinions on many matters, especially foreign policy." This...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WAR: Bombs, Bombast and Negotiations | 8/28/1972 | See Source »

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