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...rambling account of his life that Eichmann wrote in prison while awaiting the results of an appeal of his conviction. (The appeal was rejected by Israel's Supreme Court, and on May 31, 1962, he was executed by hanging.) The apparent purpose of his memoir was to bolster his chances of a reprieve and to arouse public sympathy. Eichmann asked his defense attorney, Robert Servatius, to seek permission for its publication. The trial prosecutor, Gideon Hausner, refused; then Premier David Ben-Gurion ordered that the manuscript be suppressed for 15 years and placed in the state archives. Its existence...
...unlike the 1975 edition, this year's team suffered a lopsided defeat in its dual meet with Princeton, as the shaved down Tigers crushed the Crimson in the swimming events, 63-32, leaving it to the divers to bolster the score to a more respectable 65-48 outcome. The next week Harvard showed that two can play that game as they shaved and peaked to beat Indiana...
...known to favor a compromise on the hostages. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the threat it poses to the Persian Gulf may have convinced many responsible Iranian leaders that their ties with the U.S. should be improved. Thus it would seem to be in the U.S. interest to bolster Banisadr. Said a White House official last week: "He's still building his power base, and anything we say at this point would probably hurt him." A senior Western diplomat in Tehran agreed, noting that "it is precisely such outbursts [as Hodding Carter's statement] that can make...
However, Kennedy campaigners predict the close second-place finish in Maine will bolster the senator's chances against Carter in New Hampshire, the nation's first primary...
Carter wants registration to bolster the image of a new American swagger, an attitude designed to create the illusion that this nation must respond militarily to every Soviet action. We do need to answer their expansion, but a draft is an inappropriate reaction. The draft is a response for the sake of making a response, not because it is intelligent. Continuation of such policies could mean that we may at some time feel trapped into making a direct military response--even if it, like the draft, is unwarranted...