Word: fells
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...next year Harvard managed to finish second in the League, but in 1964 the Crimson fell to fifth and has not risen since...
London's Daily Telegraph called it "Britain's unlikeliest colony." Mauritius, a speck of land in the Indian Ocean 1,400 miles off the African coast, fell to Britain 158 years ago during the Napoleonic wars. Since then, it has cost dearly: a $60-a-ton subsidy on the island's only crop (sugar), almost $8,000,000 in budget support last year alone, and the necessity of moving in troops every time the country's Hindus, Moslems, Chinese and French-speaking Creoles decide to quarrel. No wonder Britain felt relief last week when independence finally...
...shock of last Tuesday's events fell hardest on the student protestors themselves. What to do next? First came a burst of penitence--a movement to raise the $500,000 from other sources, kicked off Thursday by a $500 pledge by the B.U. student government. SDS skeptics have resisted though--wouldn't it be more consistent to try to raise money to help Gordon's tenants...
...unlucky break disqualified Friedman in the downhill event at the National Veterans. "I was really going, but I just fell on my can when my skis hit a rut," he said...
...pair of brothers, J. Lawrence Pool '28 and Beekman "Beek" Pool '32, put on a show of power that hasn't been equalled since. Lawrence's strength literally wore his opponents down, and the National title fell...