Word: gain
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...Professor Samuel Huntington expressed in his interview with the Crimson, October 17th. There is no room to argue here with his assertions that the military side of the war is running decisively against North Vietnam, and that the Chinese won't enter the war since "they have nothing to gain" (what did we have to gain by our involvement there...
Livestock levels, which fell drastically in the first years of the new regime, have now passed their 1958 mark, and the government launched an intensive drive for artificial insemination of cattle late this spring. Practically all of Cuba's beef is exported to gain hard currency on the international market. Each Cuban is allowed only a quarter pound of beef a week, and milk is reserved for children under seven, and the aged over 65. So the Cubans themselves still do not receive direct benefits from the strides being made by the livestock industry. Although serious diversification efforts are underway...
Ultimate stability, of course, depends on more than Vietnamese national politics. Huntington takes the present American involvement as given, and comments only on present and future, not past, policy. The war cannot end, he says, until "the North Vietnamese are convinced that they will be unable to gain their objectives by military intervention." He thinks that the military phase of the war is running decisively against the North, and that they can eventually be defeated without escalation...
Despite the increasing closeness to China of American bombing raids, Huntington discounts the possibility of Red China entering the war. "They have nothing to gain," he comments, except in the "very unlikely situation" that their internal political crisis leads current leadership to turn to a war with the U.S., which it believes to be inevitable eventually, as the only way of unifying the country...
...understanding the Harvard system lies in the phrases "contain defense" and "position responsibilities." The first describes the general philosophy of Head Coach John Yovicsin and long-time assistant Jim Lentz. The theory is simple: give up short yardage but prevent the long gain. It is the "three yards and a cloud of dust" school in reverse. As long as they give up no more than four yards a play the defenders are dong their job. Statistics show that the best teams rarely can run more than 14 plays in succession without a mistake, and poorer teams less. So Harvard...