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...Crimson's brave cadre of trackmen may not come back with laurels but they are sure to come back impressed by what they have seen. Typical of the over-awing assemblage of thinclad talent will be the mile relay teams that Harvard's Sam Butler, Nick Leone, Joel Peters, and Randy Buckley will have to challenge...
Holt managed to brave the high winds and biting cold, providing Harvard with some clutch consistency on the mound. The southpaw walked only one the rest of the way, while striking out five. He was touched for two unearned runs in the bottom of the ninth...
...further the cause of human rights and social justice must be embarrassed to see our nation giving moral and financial support to oppressive governments like Brazil's. The severity of the poverty in places like Sao Paulo or Recife ought to demand of us a dramatic response. The brave example of men like Dom Helder Camara, a man struggling to bring justice to his people, should draw more than just a footnote acknowledgment...
...some day in the record book. Last week it was flesh and blood, bat and ball; it was one man and the memory of another at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati. Barely ten minutes into his 21st major league season, Henry Louis Aaron stood at the plate with two Atlanta Brave teammates on base and a count of three balls and one strike. Around him were 52,000 expectant fans. Behind him were six months of anxiety and anticipation. Hanging over him was Babe Ruth's most celebrated feat-714 lifetime home runs...
...Backed by powerful conservatives in the government and in the National Assembly, Thomaz pressured Caetano into sacking Spinola and his sympathetic boss General Francisco Costa Gomes. The move caused tremors in the armed forces and set rumors afoot that a military coup might be in the offing. Ultimately, a brave but ineffectual band of 200 soldiers marched on Lisbon; the protesters were easily disarmed and all troops in Portugal were ordered confined to barracks. Rather ignominiously, some garrisons were put in the custody of the National Republican Guard, a paramilitary police force. Since then the purge has continued. Among...