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...NATION Footprints in the Sands The talk of the world's statesmen centered on two small, sun-scorched strips of Middle Eastern territory, and the discussion was phrased in noble concepts-peace, justice, the dignity of man, national interest. Around Gaza, a huddle of houses and hovels and hapless refugees, and the western shore of the Gulf of Aqaba. an obscure waterway commanded by coastal gun positions, the world's great and small nations maneuvered, found areas of agreement, disputed-friends against friends as well as against enemies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: Footprints In the Sands | 3/4/1957 | See Source »

Earlier, the freshman wrestlers completely outclassed the hapless Brown freshmen, winning their fourth of the year...

Author: By William C. Sigal, | Title: Brown Defeats Wrestlers; Only Skeels, Foster Win | 3/2/1957 | See Source »

Currently, Princeton is in third with a 7-3 record, while Columbia (6-4) holds down fourth, only one game ahead of Harvard (5-5). But the Lions will in all probability trample hapless Cornell tonight, and has games against weak Brown and Penn left on its schedule...

Author: By John A. Rava, | Title: Crimson Varsity Quintet Plays Princeton Today | 2/27/1957 | See Source »

...party ticket, and his word was obviously effective in a land perhaps 95% Roman Catholic. This way Poland got a new Parliament, dominated by Communists, but with Democratic, Peasant and Catholic parties represented, which was far more than the Soviet Union had shown it would stand for in hapless Hungary. Moscow, making the most of it, grudgingly hailed the election as "a big victory over reaction ... a vote for the unbreakable friendship with the Soviet Union...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLAND: The Comrade & the Cardinal | 2/4/1957 | See Source »

...rest, it was slap and slumber for the Harvards, hussle and get penalized for the hapless Northeasterns...

Author: By Gavin R. W. scott, | Title: Crimson Hockey Team Blanks Huskies, 7-0, in Boston Garden | 1/15/1957 | See Source »

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