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The cause of the erratic wobbling motion has long been a geophysical mystery. Elaborate calculations have shown that without great forces to sustain the wobble, it would be effectively damped out in as little as 30 years. Now, after dis carding several other theories, scientists have found convincing evidence that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Geophysics: The Wandering Poles | 12/13/1968 | See Source »

In Oregon's senatorial race, the Election Night suspense persisted for days. Last week it became obvious that, in one of 1968's major upsets, 36-year-old Portland Attorney Robert W. Packwood had dislodged Democrat Wayne Morse, 68, from the Senate seat that he has occupied for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Maverick's End, G.O.P. Gains | 11/22/1968 | See Source »

Harrison, a fluid runner who has scored five of the team's seven touchdowns, has been the mainstay of the Yardlings' erratic offense. Unable to find a steady quarterback, Harvard has had to rely on Harrison's breakway speed for their points.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Booters, Gridders Meet Highly-Rated Brown Teams Today | 11/15/1968 | See Source »

The freshman have been erratic on the way to their 1-2 record. They swamped Columbia in their opener with Terry Wynne at quarterback, but made costly errors against B.C. and Dartmouth in their last two games. Five times they lost the ball inside their opponent's 20 yard line...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Gridders to Re-align Defense For Tigers' Strong Single Wing Attack | 11/9/1968 | See Source »

The effrontery of Maggie Flynn is to commercially exploit, for purposes of amusement, the oppression of Negroes, draft evasion and the Viet Nam war in terms of a factitiously conceived parallel with the draft riots of 1863. So slipshod is the play that at one point the draft dodgers, who...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Plays: No-Shows | 11/1/1968 | See Source »

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