Word: decisional
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Our fleet passed into the Bay of Bengal and attracted much media attention. Were we threatening India? Were we seeking to defend East Pakistan? Had we lost our minds? It was in fact sober calculation. We had some 72 hours to bring the war to a conclusion before West Pakistan...
The message got through to Moscow. By the morning of Dec. 16, we were receiving reliable reports that the Soviets were pressing New Delhi to accept the territorial status quo in the West, including in Kashmir. Later that day, Mrs. Gandhi offered an unconditional cease-fire in the West. There...
"The decision took a long time to make," says the 6-ft. 1-in., 220-lb. Cornell sophomore. "I'm very interested in hotel-restaurant administration, and the business courses offered at Cornell are the best in the nation. Plus, I felt it wold be good experience playing under coach...
And Dad agrees: "It was completely his decision. He wanted to go into the hotel-restaurant program....He didn't apply to any other place. His feeling was that if he didn't get into Cornell, he'd take a year off and apply again."
As a senior at Milton Academy, Dick Jr. was a multiple-letter winner, varsity football captain, and strong college prospect. He considered Harvard, Boston University, Holy Cross and Cornell. But he says, "I pretty much made the decision right after I visited Cornell."