Word: juan
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...committee has invited leaders of the 1968 strike to speak on April 20. They will include Juan Gonzalez, a leader of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) in 1968; Bill Sales, former leader of the Afro-American Studies Association on Columbia; and Mark Rudd, chairman of the SDS in 1968 Jim Schachter, a member of the 1968 Committee, said yesterday...
...wind is my worst enemy," Wallenda once said of his outdoor performances. Last week, as he prepared to walk a wire strung 300 ft. between two beachfront hotels in San Juan, P.R., he was warned that the winds blowing in off the sea were tricky. There was a steady breeze of 12 m.p.h., but with gusts up to 23 m.p.h...
Five hours later, two of the old man's protégés joined Rietta Wallenda in doing the high-wire act under the big top in San Juan. The crowd gave her a standing ovation. She bowed and smiled. Tears streamed down her cheeks...
Honorable Mention: Forwards--Juan Mitchell (Columbia), Brian Banks (Harvard), and Bob Hooft (Harvard); Guards--Tom Farrell (Brown) and Cedric Carter (Cornell...
Some Third World regimes are also having second thoughts about socialism. Peru was pushed to the edge of bankruptcy by seven years of Peruvian socialism concocted by General Juan Velasco Alvarado, who was ousted in 1975. The country's new military rulers have substantially modified Velasco laws under which workers would have been able to wrest control of firms from their owners...