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...strong Crimson wrestling squad shut out a completely inept Dartmouth team, 34 to 0, in its first match of the season last night in the I.A.B. The varsity won by a pin in three of seven matches, while the Indians forfeited...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Wrestlers Crush Indians In Opening 34-0 Shutout Victory | 12/15/1956 | See Source »

Your Nov. 19 article on Sir Anthony Eden tries to demerit the greatest statesman and diplomat in the world. History will show who was great and who was so inept and so wanting. The latter will not be Sir Anthony...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 10, 1956 | 12/10/1956 | See Source »

...armored personnel carriers and 20 MIG jets into the country. After the invasion of Egypt, Serraj blew up the Iraq Petroleum Co.'s pipeline that carries 80% of Iraq's oil across Syria to the Mediterranean, and sent a brigade of troops into Jordan. Syria's inept little army cannot make good use of Russia's modern arms; the arms were obviously being stockpiled for eventual use by Moscow "volunteers." In this uneasy circumstance, Syria's anti-Communist neighbors in the Baghdad Pact-particularly Turkey and Iraq-met and agreed to fight "subversion" from Syria...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Hot Winds & Frail Borders | 12/10/1956 | See Source »

Although he was hired primarily as an administrator, he has been called on to make policy decisions during Dulles' absences. His conduct during the Saudi Arabian tank controversy and his demand that Nationalist China be included as an "equal" in U.S.-Red China negotiations over Formosa were notably inept actions, and certainly disenchanted the White House...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Governor Herter's Appointment | 12/10/1956 | See Source »

Actually, the Green's varsity is not totally inept. It has an outstanding runner in Captain Doug Brew, the heptagonal half-mile champion. Brew set a Dartmouth course record in beating varsity ace Pete Reider last year, but he has been hampered by an ankle injury this year. His second place finish against Brown last week, however, indicates that he will probably be at top strength for his annual duel with the Crimson's Reider...

Author: By William C. Sigal, | Title: Cross Country Team Will Meet Weak Dartmouth Varsity Today | 10/26/1956 | See Source »

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