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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...best chunks. At a certain point last week. Jordan's weakness became its strength: neighbors who coveted it found common cause in recognizing that an artificial nation was better than chaos. But above all. what saved the Kingdom of Jordan was the courage of the young King, an often irresolute monarch who at this crucial moment stood firm...
...disposal. That meant that if the Syrians threatened to use their 4,000 troops and 30 Czech tanks in Jordan against the King, he could stop them by threatening to call in the Iraqis. But Israel, which wants no powerful Arab neighbor at its back door, has often warned that its army will enter Jordan whenever Iraqi soldiers do. On his return to Amman. Hussein summoned U.S. Ambassador Mallory to his hilltop palace. The King wanted the U.S. to exert all its influence to keep the Israelis out. Hussein also phoned King Saud. urging him to press Egypt and Syria...
Princeton's time against Navy was a fine 8:45, three seconds faster than the Crimson's clocking against Syracuse. However, time comparisons are of limited value, as weather and rowing conditions often vary...
...tenuous basis of comparative scores, Harvard will have to enter the match in the role of favorite. This is particularly unfortunate because the Big Three contests are usually potential upsets. These crystallize more often when one team is put in the role of underdog. Last year the Crimson was given slight chance to defeat the Tigers, but defeated them for the first time in many years...
...matter how diffuse the poetry may be, it is solidity itself when contrasted with the prose. Ernest Hemingway has been a bad influence on practically everybody, but his one great merit was to show that a short story should more often than not say one thing as quickly as possible...