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...eventually regained the lead, the second-half tempo was established and it didn't favor the slower Cadets. Sharpshooting freshman forward Greg Wildes took over where Trout had left off, piling in points with 20-ft. baseline jumpers he sank like layups. When he began rebuilding the Harvard buffer. Wothke knew he had to make a move...
...supplies into the Indonesian jungles: "Suddenly the people are feeling that they must throw out everything from the past and learn everything new." In rebuttal, missionaries argue that evolution toward modern ways is inevitable and that they can buffer the struggles more humanely for the tribes than would land and mineral developers...
Until recently, California's burgeoning service sector and smaller-than-average manufacturing sector helped buffer the state from trouble. But the national recession eventually eroded California's splendid near isolation from the economic woes of the country at large. Signs of economic pressure are now evident across the state's diversified industrial base. By next June General Motors and Ford will have closed four out of five automobile assembly plants in the span of three years. The once booming housing industry is expected to finish the year with only 60,000 housing starts, down from...
...moderate leaders--tribal, white and Afrikaner--claiming that they, not SWAPO, represent the population. South Africa, for its part, has continually balked at the one-man-one-vote system which would leave whites and Afrikaners in the minority. This barrier, together with South Africa's insistence on keeping a buffer state between itself and Angola, has reduced negotiations for Namibian independence to fruitless, repetitive jockeyings...
Navy's lead remained in double figures throughout the second stanza and five minutes into the hall the Midshipmen hosted a 17 point buffer. The Harvard regulars simply hadn't recovered from the strain of a rocky opening half...