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...Guatemalan coup showed again how little real control the U.S. has over events in its own backyard. U.S. analysts had been aware for several months of the rising dissatisfaction among the junior officers. Bearing the brunt of the fighting against the guerrillas, the lieutenants, captains and majors had become increasingly bitter over the corruption of the Lucas García regime, and wanted to clean up the country's human rights image in order to obtain U.S. military aid. They therefore called for fair elections and an end to el continuismo, the old-boy network of senior military officers...
...Soviet Union. Czech uranium and Polish coal were shipped east and used in Soviet plants. But the relationship changed in the early 1970s, when the world price of oil and other raw materials rose dramatically and the Soviets decided to protect their Eastern European clients from the full brunt of the increases...
...fourth quarter it was Callinan who carried the brunt of the comeback on his shoulders, rushing 13 times in the period for 75 yards. In only one clutch situation did he not get the call, and then, perhaps, he should have: with Harvard on its own 44 late in the fourth quarter in a short yardage situation on third down, Cuccia kept off tackleon an option, didn't get the first down, and the Crimson had to punt...
...object to one sector of the city's economy being forced to bear the brunt of Proposition 21/2," Miles Karras, the owner of T.T. the Bear's Place, a Central Square restaurant told the council...
Dartmouth's Sean Maher carried the brunt of the running attack, rushing for 105 yards on 27 carries, including a 27-yard touchdown run. Harvard's Jim Callinan ran for 78 yards to pace the Crimson...