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...Ngai going home to their families in Sagion. Well, if you are expecting a major attack within a day or two, you keep your army ready and you don't let them go home on leave. This just wasn't the case. The guard at the U.S. Embassy was lighter that night than it had been for months. The gate of the U.S. Embassy was standing open. You don't have all these things open if you expect an attack...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: An Interview With Everett I. Mendelsohn | 2/24/1968 | See Source »

...Prince, Machiavelli had already solved the problem, although the Italian was discussing conquered territories: "Men ought either to be well treated or crushed, because they can avenge themselves of lighter injuries, of more serious ones they cannot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Management: An Ancient Art | 2/23/1968 | See Source »

...freshmen found it more difficult to down Connecticut, 26-17, before Christmas, and M.I.T., 28-14, last week, however. Hampered by erratic performances from the lighter men, they had to rely on strong winning efforts from the heavy end of the line-up to carry the team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yardling Sextet, Grapplers Master Winning Formulas | 1/18/1968 | See Source »

...keep filled), I'd be sorely tempted to trot down to the nearest recruiting center right now. To those critics who may shrill against such pastimes in the middle of a messy war, I say it's a real delight to get a glimpse of the lighter side of the deadly serious and dangerous business with which these boys are otherwise occupied...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 5, 1968 | 1/5/1968 | See Source »

Andrew R. Grainger '69, the only occupant present at the outbreak, said that a defective can of charcoal lighter fluid caused the blaze. "While I was cooking a steak, the can of fluid ignited at the side of the fireplace. The apparent cause was a vapor leak...

Author: By James L. Wolbarsht, | Title: Pre-Christmas Blaze Chars Room in Eliot | 1/4/1968 | See Source »

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