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...were it not for the lightening fast blade work of freshman foiler Celine Larkin, the Crimson might not have left Connecticut alive. Larkin once again sliced her opponents down to size to maintain her unbeaten streak on the season and provided her blademates with four of their six points...
...named last week by Prime Minister Aldo Moro to end a five-week government crisis; he was left out at his own request so that he can try to clear his name. Whether he can do so or not, the scandal will hardly help the shaky Christian Democratic Cabinet maintain itself against the growing political power of the Communist Party...
...Supersonic Soviet Backfire bomber would not be counted under the proposed SALT ceiling on weapons systems. The Soviets maintain that the bomber is not a long-range weapon because it cannot fly farther than 7,000 miles. Pentagon strategists argue that Backfire should still be included under the proposed SALT agreement because if based in the Arctic or refueled in midair, the bomber could reach the U.S. To allay Pentagon fears, the Soviets offered to limit the number of Backfires and restrict their mid-air refueling and Arctic basing capabilities. Reflecting Pentagon suspicions about Russian promises, a U.S. strategist called...
Even more importantly Moynihan has challenged the attempt by third world dictators to blame their domestic problems on the American people--a key strategy by which these despots seek to maintain power. In the past thirty years, third world left-wing dictatorships, often secured by military coup, have established heavily collectivized economies, made torture, censorship, and political oppression a part of everyday life, and virtually banished democracy and respect for individual rights. One result of this has been failing economies crushed under the weight of totalitarian socialism. Another has been political unrest generated by economic disaster and political oppression...
...disastrous Guatemalan earthquake. (At the very same time the imperialistc governments of Cuba and the Soviet Union are spending billions to colonize Angola, a goal they have given much toward in men and money for over a decade.) It is clear that the attempt by third world dictators to maintain power by setting Americans and third world peoples at odds should be seen as nothing more than self-serving immorality...