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...final round, the hapless Beavers lost seven of nine bouts. Their fans stopped cheering wildly and began thinking about next year. Cetrulo's opponent received some coaching from his teammates before the bout, but it was to no avail. He faced Cetrulo, and a few seconds later was seen on the bench trying to figure out how he had lost, 5-0. Tolbert and Scott Beckett both won by two touches...
...churches, prayers were offered "to spare Italy the calamity of divorce." Before an audience of 250 Italian newlyweds, Pope Paul VI declared that legislators should "venerate, honor and defend" the indissolubility of marriage. Premier Mariano Rumor urged his colleagues to make "one last careful meditation." All to no avail. Amid prayer vigils, the Chamber of Deputies adopted, by a 325-to-283 vote, a bill that will permit divorce for the first time in modern Italian history...
Roth and Foye, who have been valuable this year in earning the Crimson points by displacement, moved up to finish third and fourth for the team, but it was to no avail...
...told me that he himself has complained about this practice but to no avail and with little appreciation on the part of his superiors. When asked what channels I might use to request a change of this policy, he hemmed and hawed and replied to the effect that he would be sticking his neck out in revealing them. He simply advised me to think up some...
...Crimson defense had to scrap to turn back the Dartmouth attack, but full-backs Adam Keller and Rick Scott made very few mistakes. Scott cleared the ball to his forwards time and again, but to no avail. Goalie Peter Aschaffenburg's performance was steady, and two diving third-quarter saves kept Harvard in the game...