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...country's real ruler, to strengthen his own position. Kádár, who called back the Russian tanks during the 1956 uprising in Hungary, has shrewdly conciliated the voices of economic reform in recent years. He knows that in order to dampen opposition within his own party, he must placate the westward-looking economists, who lament the central decision making that has succeeded mostly in leaving Hungary in debt and its people clamoring for a better life...
...will certainly dampen future enthu- siasm," Jones said, if the first of the middle-group courses fail. He said his own course would have to have a larger enrollment to be successful...
...likely that power within the Democratic Party will shift more and more toward the moderates, and its leaders will be more in line with the national Party. Spong's impressive victory could also dampen a potentially explosive split among Virginia's Democrats. His candidacy against Robertson in the Primary was closely watched by the "extreme" liberal wing of the Party. Should he have failed, strident anti-Machine candidates would have been in a much stronger position to demand a crack at statewide offices in 1969. If this polarization ever occurs, it will seriously impair Democratic chances in Virginia for many...
Bowdoin, however, is not one of these powers, and should not dampen anyone's optimism when it hosts the Crimson skaters for their '66-'67 debut tonight in Brunswick, Maine. Last year the Polar Bears were victimized at Harvard's Watson Rink in the most lopsided of the Crimson's ten wins, 9-2. So far this year, Bowdoin has been massacred by a similar margin in a scrimmage with Boston College, and the Maineman shape up as Harvard's only sure victory of the next month...
...alternative of entertaining his date in his room instead of being forced to spend money around the Square or in Boston. The extension would not prevent students from studying on Friday since most of the University's libraries are open that evening. Even with late parietals, the Masters could dampen noise by requesting House residents to refrain from holding large parties in their rooms on Friday night...