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...this would have happened if the Carter Administration had more forcefully pressed the dictator to step down. They point out that U.S. Marines were instrumental in installing the Somoza family in power 46 years ago. In light of that, they charge, Washington should have gone well beyond the cutoff of economic and military assistance that the Carter Administration ordered after Somoza last January rejected an American proposal for a plebiscite to determine his government's future. "Such sanctions have no impact on a ruler with a feudal mentality," charges Alfonso Robelo Callejas, leader of the moderate Broad Opposition Front...
...last appeals. The next morning he will get on the telephone and start apologizing to certain loyal alumni whose children have been rejected. "It's an exciting time," he says, working up a smile. It is an expression familiar to anyone who has watched baseball managers approaching the cutoff date, politicians on the stump and admissions directors in the spring...
...Egypt attacks across the Suez Canal on Yom Kippur while Syrian troops attack the Golan Heights. Israel's counterattacks reach to within 20 miles of Damascus and across the Suez into Egypt. Heavy losses on both sides. The oil-producing states announce a cutoff of exports to nations supporting Israel, and oil prices soon quadruple. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger finally negotiates a cease-fire...
...eventual winner was lanky Tiger junior Andy Saltzman, who got off the blocks last but burst past Cooper coming out of the final turn to touch first in 45.55, missing the NCAA cutoff time by .04 seconds...
Saltzman, who later led off Princeton's victorious 400-yd. freestyle relay with a 45.48 split to make that cutoff, said he wasn't afraid that Cooper had beaten him so badly at the start of the 100: "I've been a distance swimmer my whole life, so I knew I'd get abused on the start. I just didn't think it would be by that much...