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Hussein is aptly cast as the Arab spokesman to the West. By being forced to yield Arab Jerusalem and the West Bank, his nation lost proportionately more than other Arab nations in the war; accordingly, he stands to gain more by a settlement. He also needs that settlement most. The popularity he enjoyed two years ago is ebbing to such a degree that he reportedly has threatened abdication. In recent months, a host of unsavory rumors have sprung up about the King's financial dealings and his personal life. True or not, most Jordanians believe them. Undermined by such...
...learned that people on the whole make remarkably rational decisions. Nevertheless, more than a third of the participants become befogged by superstitions, biases and logical incoherences. Most people, for example, regard an event as more likely to occur if they stand to lose by its occurrence rather than gain by it. Also, they tend to inflate the value of the money they stand to win-that is, a $10 bet means more to them emotionally than five $2 bets...
FOLLOWING IS COPY OF TELEGRAM SENT TO PRESIDENT PUSEY. DEAR PRESIDENT PUSEY AS YOU MAY RECOLLECT I'M UP FOR ELECTION THE BOARD OF OVERSEERS, AND WOULD LIKE TO WIN, AND AM SUFFICIENTLY A POLITICIAN TO RECOGNIZE THAT CASTIGATING YOUR ACTION IN CALLING THE POLICE WILL NOT NECESSARILY GAIN ME ALL THE VOTES OF OLD LAUMNI, NONE-THE-LESS, I RUSH HAPPILY TO SAY THAT YOU ARE CONCEIVABLY A LIAR IN PRETENDING HASTE AND NIGHTSTICKS WERE NECESSARY TO SOLVE AN EXPLOSIVE SITUATION FOR WHICH RECENT HISTORY MIGHT HAVE PREPARED YOU WITH MANY AN ALTERNATIVE, SINCE YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS REVEAL...
Harvard's varsity baseball team shook off a ninth-inning mental lapse to rally with two out to gain a 3-2 win over Boston College yesterday at Soldiers' Field...
Crimson coach Jack Barnaby said yesterday. "Since we're underdogs, we have everything to gain and nothing to lose...