Word: ineptly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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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...
...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...
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...
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...
...there is any weakness in this Tufts team, it definitely lies in the patchwork quality of its line. There has been much talk lately about the Jumbos' supposedly porous pass defense, but Arlanson scoffs at such reports. Although dissenters have pointed out that the inept Bowdoin team completed 11 out of 12 passes against the Jumbos, Arlanson maintains that most of these were made against his second and third teams. "We weren't weak on pass defense last year," he claims, "and we have the same boys in the backfield again this year...