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...comprehend the technical and strategic functions of the ABM, the great debate over whether the U.S. should deploy the Safeguard system is made infinitely more complicated by public uncertainty as to what the Russians may be planning in the way of offensive or defensive weapons. Last week, to bolster the Administration's case for ABM, Defense Secretary Melvin Laird made public some startling-and previously classified-information...
Coach Cooney Weiland will have to find a way to bolster his defensive alighment, which has been weakened by the loss of sophomore Terry Driscoll for academic reasons...
...President had to be plotted with equal care. Senior Correspondent John Steele traveled the presidential route as a journalistic advance man, reporting on the mood of the various capitals that Nixon will visit. Across Europe, TIME bureau chiefs scheduled interviews with diplomats, financial experts and military men to bolster their own observations and put together thorough reports on the problems that the new U.S. President is likely to face. From Washington to Rome, TIME correspondents cabled files...
...Charles Bolster '20, former executive secretary of the Alumnae Association, agreed that alumnae contributions might decline because women might feel less personal interest in giving to Harvard. Mrs. Bolster said she was uncertain about the wisdom of an immediate merger...
...that's only half his value to the team," he added. "He is the swing factor in most games. Often we have been down a goal, Bruce stops a breakaway to bolster the team's confidence, and we explode for three goals...