Word: ben
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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First man Ben Heckscher has proven himself to be more than "one of the finest." Unbeaten and rarely threatened, he now must be ranked as the master of college squash...
...both sides, grievances deepen. Israelis, confined in a land at some points only ten miles wide, feel themselves surrounded by nations that will never accept their existence, but U.S. diplomats in the area say that most responsible Arab leaders had become resigned to Israel's existence until Ben-Gurion began his smashing reprisal raids...
...passions increase, the West is agreed on one point: it will not finance an arms race in the Middle East. In Israel there is no longer agitation, as there had been a few weeks earlier, for a preventive war. Voices of moderation are being heard. Ben-Gurion himself said last week: "We believe the maintenance of peace is preferable even to victory in war. War is legitimate only in absolute self-defense. It is not legitimate if one's aim is the securing of peace or destruction of an evil regime...
...though most Middle East experts do not expect a new Arab-Israeli war, there is also little chance (barring a bold and successful diplomatic intervention by the West) of peace. Says Ben-Gurion: "We have come a long way without peace. We can go a long way in the future without...
...varsity victors from one to nine respectively: Ben Heckscher, Captain Pete Milton, Cal Place, Lee Folger, Charlie MacVeagh, Roger Cortesi, Marty Heckscher, Lanny Thomas, and Larry Sears...