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...January that it had pinpointed Muskie in a cover story more than a year earlier as "the man to beat." A TIME election survey in the Feb. 7 issue had Muskie leading in every region except the South and concluded: "He looks increasingly like the man who will grab the brass ring at Miami Beach." Other publications and pundits said roughly the same thing...
...good regiments, who delivered Weimar over to the Nazis. They were also both favorites of the republic's beloved 85-year-old President Paul von Hindenburg (who at least had the excuse of senility), and cronies of his incompetent, corruptible son Oskar. Confidently they set out to grab power and outflummox that ex-Corporal Adolf Hitler...
...Brezhnev hopes to gather representatives from the 30 countries of Europe, plus the U.S. and Canada in one gigantic conference, to be held most likely in Helsinki. At that time, the Soviets would press for recognition of present borders in Europe. That would legitimize Russia's postwar grab of Polish lands, and Poland's seizure of German lands. It would also enhance the international status of East Germany...
...Harvard match. Since Amherst hasn't had a victory over the Crimson since they locked up Ebbets Field permanently, Harvard normally takes a more casual attitude towards the annual contest. Still, in the traditional spirit of collegiate competitive sport, the Crimson will pile into a few automobiles this morning, grab a couple of toll tickets at Weston, and make its way across the Massachusetts Turnpike to discharge its obligation...
With a challenge from Kansas State's "Tuttle Creek Ten" out of the way at 800 meters when its six oar, Warren Rose, vaulted into the Charles, Harvard's varsity heavyweight crew swamped MIT and Princeton to grab its tenth straight Compton Cup and establish itself as the cautious favorite for Saturday's eastern showdown in the Adams...