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...Toronto with the leading candidate to stretch her name by six more letters; but Liz did not have to be there in person, and when no one showed up from Eddie's side during the 21-day waiting period, Liz's lawyers won the award "by default...
Wickens was attempting a routine take-down when he caught his foot on the mat and sustained the fracture. His default cost the Crimson five almost certain points and victory...
...will, snapping solid blows to body and head. Clay's shots were annoying Liston more than hurting him, but without his left, the big gun in Sonny's arsenal, the Liston attack was limited to a few weak jabs and an occasional right. Clay won the sixth practically by default...
...Washington. The dangers inherent in this policy are obvious: it will be difficult to gain agreement on the neutralization of all Vietnam, and the neutralization of the South alone could be a prelude to a Communist takeover. The United States need be under no illusion that neutrality by default will be a satisfactory solution, but at this date a satisfactory solution is impossible to obtain A negotiated end to the war, whether by the Vietnamese themselves or in conjunction with the major powers, will merely enable the U.S. to save some face, while averting the unpalatable alternatives of military defeat...
Sekler warned against the "desecration of the environment by default." He cited the Cambridge electron nccelerator as an "unmitigated example of visual squalor" which had resulted from lack of concern. "It is not so much individual buildings us the total environment that matters...