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...Susan Bolster '28 remembers that almost half the students at Radcliffe in her time were commuters. A former commuter from Brookline, she stresses that there seemed at times to be two almost completely separate social worlds. "The dorms had their parties, we had ours, though of course there were lots of invitations back and forth." In many ways, at least socially, her college experience did not seem that different from high school--whether this is due simply to the fact that Bolster was still living with her parents, or because she was beset by Victorian college rules that rendered Radcliffe...
...widespread support for maintaining the Navy's ability to engage when necessary in some old-fashioned gunboat diplomacy, especially in situations in which there is no direct U.S.-Soviet confrontation. An American warship making a port call or steaming off the coast of a Third World country might indeed bolster a regime friendly to Washington. In a period of mounting local tensions, sending naval units to strategically important regions, such as the Persian Gulf and eastern Mediterranean, could dissuade the Soviets from intervening...
...will be able to take the place of U.S. companies. Again, it provides no support for this conclusion. If U.S. companies withdrew it would finally convince whites in South Africa, as the white newspaper editor Donald Woods has pointed out, that they cannot ultimately rely on U.S. support to bolster apartheid. Foreign firms would be unwilling to take over from American investors, for they would view the situation as much more "unstable...
...real people who make the Mather House Invalid an enjoyable experience are the supporting players. Just as the leads start to sag, another absolutely hilarious bit player comes in to bolster the show...
With much more swimming left today and tomorrow, Harvard stands to better their placing for the meet. Gina Stuart and Katie Kelley, also part of the Crimson's national team, bolster the efforts of the Harvard foursome which produced yesterday's fireworks