Word: leveler
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...truly bipartisan spirit, he is marshaling his formidable technical expertise and political power to give Secretary of State Cyrus Vance as much trouble, if not more. As chairman of the Senate's arms-control subcommittee, Jackson has heard testimony on SALT II from a parade of high-level witnesses, and he has not liked what he has heard. In one subcommittee session, Jackson treated Vance in a way that one shaken Administration insider termed "angry and almost vicious." The clear implication of Jackson's interrogation: that the U.S. has caved in to the Soviets. He and other SALT...
...loaded automatically, the tank requires a crew of only three; crews of four are required by its predecessor, the 37½-ton T-62, as well as by the tanks of NATO nations, including the 58-ton American M60. Top speed of the T-72 is 43 m.p.h. on level ground. Some Western armor experts fear the T-72 may be able to outperform laser-equipped tanks, such as the British Chieftain, the West German Leopard 2 and the older U.S. M60 A2, now deployed in Western Europe; none of these possess as sophisticated a targeting system...
...soccer contingent, is also psyched for next season. Jimmy, who anchored the Crimson defense this past fall, hopes to steady the uneven keel which caused the team's remarkable comeback from a dreadful 1976 campaign to fall short of a playoff berth. "My role is to keep our concentration level up," the friendly native of State College, Pa. said after his election. "Our intensity dropped a few times this year--like against Tufts and Williams. My job is to maintain a certain level, to achieve some consistency," he explained...
...makes little sense to give money just to those students whose eligibility to win presupposes a substantial level of personal wealth. Promises from the sponsors that the cost of a collection would not be a determinant in its selection does not adequately refute charges that the competition discriminates against those who cannot afford to build up a library...
There has been some complaint about the noise level of the construction, but "the students are awfully good about it," Rulan, C. Pian '44, master of South House, said yesterday...