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...there any need for America to undertake such exchanges alone. Recently the U.S. has been pressuring West Germany to improve its dismal relationships with Poland, and the Germans have indicated a willingness to do more than shake hands. If--as seems likely--the Poles overcome their insistence that the best thing the Germans could do (short of drying up) is recognize East Germany, there is no reason why a combined U.S. and German cultural exchange program wouldn't help renew Poland's ties with the West East Europe is in intellectual ferment, and Kennedy could make better use of America...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Zloty Diplomacy | 2/13/1961 | See Source »

...After taking the second by the same score, he broke an 11-all tie in the third with a backhand from deep in the left rear corner, off the left rear corner, off the left wall, and into the right front corner, where the ball gave two dismal bounces and rolled out of Smoyer's reach. Howell won the game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Squash Team Overwhelms Big Green's Squad in 9-0 Shut-Out | 1/16/1961 | See Source »

...Master. With the arrival of Montana's Senator Mike Mansfield, who will be the new Majority Leader, Kennedy and his guests sat down to the serious business of planning the congressional goals of the New Frontier. Most of the promised bills had been defeated or abandoned in the dismal dead-end session of Congress last August: a medical care bill tied to social security, expanded federal housing, a $1.25 minimum wage, assistance for depressed areas, and federal aid to education...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The President-Elect: Boundless & Endless | 1/2/1961 | See Source »

...everything they shot is the first hall went follows just couldn't get going." Wilson noted. After the dismal beginning, the Crimson drew even at the half and sought Bowdoin to a 62-62 tie in regulation time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Five Faces Powerful Holy Cross | 12/3/1960 | See Source »

Junior fullback Gil Bamford was the brightest spot in an otherwise dismal afternoon for the junior varsity by racking up 82 yards in 15 rushing attempts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Junior Varsity Falls to Army's Rushing Offensive; 26-12 | 11/14/1960 | See Source »

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