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...mile and two-mile, traditional Harvard strengths, may hinder the Crimson this year. Jim Keefe is still ailing from a cross-country injury, and Jeff Campbell, coming off of a disappointing cross-country campaign, will be hard-pressed to duplicate last year's 4-minute, 12-second mile...
...congressional unwillingness to blindly follow Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's recommendations. The Senate had taken the same action, then, under heavy White House arm-twisting, agreed to delay the ban for 60 days. Ford had termed any curtailment "a misguided and extremely harmful measure," since it would hinder U.S. efforts to resolve the Cyprus dispute. The House vote to apply the cutoff was 187 to 171. Ford indicated that he would promptly veto the measure. Congressional leaders then postponed the recess until this week, when an attempt will be made to override the veto...
...serving as House minority leader, there is no reason to doubt that he might not alter his stance, as he did on both China policy and the amnesty issue. It is reasonable to think that Ford is aware that the continuing exposure of American intervention in Chile can only hinder U.S. foreign policy. By allowing Javits and Pell to go to Cuba, a possible first step in an eventual detente with the Castro government, the President may be seeking to ameliorate the negative international reaction to American involvement in Chile...
Strauch reportedly has set a rigorous work-load for the committee, but also, has been able to keep the committee from any serious splits of opinion that might hinder their work. In fact, the only incident which has provoked a major split thus far is the question of increasing the size of the college to accommodate more women. The students on the committee all say they oppose any such move because of the already strained housing and educational resources for undergraduates. All the other members of the committee have at least expressed a willingness to consider the size increase. Most...
...forces that hinder them from coming to the fore are huge, as the preceding cover story points out. But we are convinced that America has men and women who can assume leadership roles in the right circumstances-and given the right spirit in the country...