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Capitalizing on strong performances from all its members-- the Crimson did not lose a single game yesterday--Harvard handily beat Dartmouth while upping its record to 9-0 overall (2-0 Ivy League) and its nine-man dual winning streak to 56 consecutive games...
Garcia's fate is a telling sign of the nervous mood in Managua these days. The Sandinista regime is repressing any activity that may be construed as disloyal. In the process, the nine-man Sandinista Directorate does not hesitate to trample on civil rights, as a report released last week by the New York City-based International League for Human Rights makes all too clear. The government has also embarked on a military buildup, based on its insistence that the country is now on a virtual war footing with the U.S. The rationale for a buildup was strengthened last month...
...antipathy was the result rather than the cause of this pro-Soviet stance. Even as the U.S. was still supplying aid to Nicaragua during the year after its revolution, the Sandinistas chose to develop powerful party, military and internal-security organs that mirror those of the Soviet system. The nine-man directorate of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (F.S.L.N.) is fashioned after the twelve-member Soviet Politburo. The comandantes make decisions communally, keep their inner maneuverings secret and issue unchallengeable edicts. The Sandinista People's Army seems a miniature replica of the Soviet armed forces, relying exclusively on East bloc...
...Tercerista faction, or Third Party, within the divided Sandinista movement, which forged an alliance with the widespread middle-class opposition to Somoza. Mainly on the strength of that bond, the Sandinistas came to power. After serving as the first among equals in the party command and in the nine-man National Directorate, he won the presidency in a 1984 election that was boycotted by most of the moderate opposition parties. His brother Humberto became Defense Minister...
...Tigers were expected to be collegiate squash's top team this year. However, a 7-2 dual meet loss to the Crimson on February 8 ended their hopes for the nine-man national title. "This was supposed to be [Princeton's] year," said Co-Captain Dave Segal...