Word: easterns
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fact which cannot be disputed is the weakening of human beings in the West while in the East they are becoming firmer and stronger. Six decades for out people and three decades for the people of Eastern Europe; during that time we have been through a spiritual training far in advance of Western experience. Life's complexity and mortal weight have produced stronger, deeper and more interesting characters than those generated by standardized Western well-being...
...beyond the obvious, the defensive kneejerk refusal to listen to Solzhenisyn, there is another reason why a Western audience--whether in Cambridge or Ohio--had such trouble hearing. Solzhenitsyn, after all, is profoundly a man of Eastern culture, and his ideas simply do not mesh with the mental and philosophical constructs of the West...
Aside from the biggies, men's swimming and men's squash stand out. The aquamen battle it out with Princeton each year for the Eastern Seaboards championship, while the racquetmen take on the Tigers each year in a two-team struggle for the national crown. Princeton won in both last winter, but the rivalries live...
...racquetmen like their squash counterparts, have to contend with national power Princeton each season for their main goal--the Eastern League crown. Two years ago, the Crimson tied the nationally ranked Tigers for the title...
...make one of the men's or women's boats, don't be surprised to find yourself winning an Eastern Springs, or racing at the Henley Regatta over summer vacation. Harvard is the class of college crew...