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...Harvard, best typified by the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), represents one fact of a new generation of students which began to arrive at the College after 1960. For them, the election of president Kennedy, with his image youth and energy, served as a catalyst. Simultaneously, the damper which the McCarthy investigations had placed on radical politics in the university began to lift, and soon the New Left generation made its presence known at Harvard...
...lashings for U.S. ambassadors in Arab capitals, the Arabs reacted to the announcement of U.S. sales to the Israelis with an aplomb that made it seem that they had known about the deal all along. Increasing Arab disunity and Egypt's heavy reliance on American foodstuffs put a damper on indignation-and so did the nimble manner in which Washington handled the revelation. By sending 100 tanks to Jordan last fall and then teaming with the British in a $400 million air-defense deal with Saudi Arabia, the U.S. had quelled cries of favoritism even before they could...
Beneath Silver Wattle. His real mettle will be tested, however, on long cross-country runs through the steep hills. And each weekend, rain, shine or snowstorm, hiking parties set out after class on Friday, live until Sunday afternoon in the bush, cooking johnnycakes and damper (a sconelike bread). They cover up to 100 miles of trail beneath silver wattle and broad-leaf peppermint trees, scramble across crumbly dacite rocks. They also tramp six miles to reach ski runs on Mount Stirling, where there are no tows or lifts...
...Panamanian was more pleased with Johnson's attitude than President Marco Robles. Taking office nine months after the bloody January 1964 riots, Robles put a damper on fiery nationalists, sought a reasonable solution with the U.S. over the canal crisis. An honest and decisive administrator, he has pushed through a much-needed tax reform, has brought new stability and order to Panama. This week he must deliver his state-of-the-nation address to the Panamanian National Assembly. He can report that his reasonable approach has accomplished far more for Panama than all the hotheads ever have...
...became the rage and outrage of the U.S. A year later, everything from lipsticks to T shirts bore the Presley imprimatur. He made his first movie, and his take from all and sundry was estimated at $1,800,000. Then came two years in the Army to put a damper on Elvis. As an ex-G.I., he was given an ecstatic welcome home by his fans. Since then, practically no one knows anyone who has heard much about Elvis. But at the end of a decade of strutting and strumming he is bigger than ever-moneywise. This year...