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...have to be extremely cautious not to give people the impression that we are on the brink of a solution, but I do believe this year will give us an opportunity for another attempt to establish a just and durable peace...
...exactly a sweet one for Skidmore, whose antics in the net bordered on the unbelievable for most of the game. Rejecting 27 Harvard shots in the first 40 minutes and 30 in the entire game, the heralded sophomore carried the nation's sixth-ranked team to the brink of victory before relenting under pressure in the final minutes...
India waited expectantly last week for the address to the nation by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. "Some 18 months ago," she said, "our beloved country was on the brink of disaster. Violence was openly preached, workers were exhorted not to work, students not to study and government servants to break their oath. National paralysis was propagated in the name of revolution. The government had to act and did act." She spoke on, defending once again the virtual dictatorship under which her Congress Party had quashed all political opposition, imprisoned dissidents, gagged the press and postponed general elections...
DIPLOMACY To the Brink and Back 330 Times
...seriously threatened to unleash some of its military might-from a single warship to a nuclear strike force-in order to gain diplomatic leverage. In the same period, the Soviet Union has rattled its sabers 115 times. This means that the two superpowers have gone to the brink of war-or made it look as if they were preparing to go to the brink-an average of nearly once a month since...