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...first outright win over the Eli for this year's seniors, not counting the 29-29 victory two years ago. "It feels great, absolutely outasight," captain Gary Farneti said in the locker room after the game...
...shift away from outright opposition to Red China was a concession to reality; Peking has steadily gained supporters in the U.N. The Nixon Administration's adjusted approach was another sign that it is willing to do business with China, provided that the price is within reason. As a Republican, Nixon can make such a move with fewer political risks at home than a liberal Democratic President would run. He holds the same advantage in domestic proposals like welfare reform. During the mid-term election campaign, Nixon chose to underplay his own program. That fight is over, and the next...
...camps-representatives of the government's substantial interest and champions of private investors (including the Agnelli and Pirelli families)-which held equal stakes. Directors had hoped that the appointment of Merzagora, 71, would keep both factions in balance and allay fears that the state was aiming for an outright takeover...
...says a U.S. Government specialist, the cell member may fall into any of several categories: "A few are adventurers, in the underground for the hell of it. A few are 'crazies.' And there are some idealists of the Marxist 'useful idiot' type." More broadly, the guerrillas can range from outright criminals to blue-collar workers, from romantic, fanatic children of the elite to men of considerable intellect and courage...
...strong-willed presidents sought to institute reforms. Within the last few decades, when the Faculty's own awkward mechanisms (as in the cases of the Conant and Doty Committees) have produced coherent proposals for change, the Faculty as a whole has distorted those proposals in practice or rejected them outright. Parliamentary assemblies, particularly those given to critical skepticism and to pride in glorious tradition, do not tend to seize upon "well-conceived new designs...