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...Greeks outgunned (480,000 men under arms and 450 combat aircraft v. Greece's 158,000 men and 250 warplanes) and that moreover, the Greek junta had almost no international support and would be likely to back down on the Cyprus issue. Because Cyprus is so much nearer to Asia Minor than to Greece, the Turks also felt that their planes could easily hold air superiority over the island...
Although "disappointed" over Vassar's decision, Brewster did not feel that the joint study was in vain. "The thinking and development by the joint committee has brought us much nearer to the goal of a first-rate college for women in New Haven," he said at yesterday's press conference...
...dolphin named Peter in a flooded room for 21 months in an attempt to communicate more effectively. She found Peter to be very responsive. As a matter of fact, Peter exhibited considerable interest in effecting some kind of sexual breakthrough, indicating that Dr. Lilly may be a good deal nearer the truth about inter-species communication than even he suspected...
...President's determination to stay the course promises a sorely trying year for the nation. Even Lyndon Johnson's well-hedged hint of another bombing pause should raise no undue hopes. Nor, if the halt is ordered, is there any guarantee that it will move Hanoi any nearer to the conference table than the six previous suspensions of the air war in the North. Nonetheless, conscience and practical politics alike dictate that the Administration devise and pursue every conceivable alternative to warfare within its power. Some day-who knows?-Hanoi may get the message...
Bethell's aggressive professionalism is based on the conviction that every well-edited, attractive magazine is the Bulletin's natural rival for the subscriber's dollar, and that the Bulletin must match their general interest to stay afloat financially. Others (his two editorial assistants for instance) see the competition nearer to home in a publication named Harvard Today...