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...turned up evidence to prove that, while the Government aimed at enrolling 140,000 men and women in the program during the fiscal year ending this month, only 99,000 were hired and fewer than 40,000 of them were still on the job last March 31. The letdown in JOBS is one reason that the unemployment rate for Negroes rose in April from...
Considering the potential for disorder, the assembly could have been a disaster. Instead, the main rally was something of a letdown. So much passion had been expended during the preceding week, so much of the verbiage was repetitive, so much of the canned rally routine was familiar, that boredom and the hot sun (90° by midafternoon) were able to distract from the main business at hand. Some of the less inhibited youngsters stripped and went wading in the nearby Reflecting Pool...
Once again, the Crimson averted a fourth-quarter letdown, a major problem last year, and though UMass occasionally controlled the ball for long periods of time. Harvard was able to score quickly whenever it regained possession...
...What coach Dick Harter must now worry about is an emotional letdown, which could cause his team to lose to one of the league's several weaker teams. This almost happened to Penn in its game Saturday against Cornell. The Big Red led throughout the game until a light Penn press late in the second half gave the Quakers the lead and eventually, a narrow victory...
...Letdown...