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...Schwartz, the whole day was a mistake from the outset. The first quarter of the Crimson-News game was nothing short of embarrassing for Schwartz and his crew. "Bullet" Bob Gerlach scored the first Crime touchdown, as he recovered a blocked News punt in the endzone. Bob "Dandy Dallas" Decherd admittedly blocked the attempted kick...
Before the game Coach Bruce Munro said that playing on Astroturf at night gave Penn a one goal advantage at the outset. Astroturf played a much larger role in the game than Munro predicted, but Harvard's inability to adjust to the unfamiliar surface was a relatively minor consideration...
...habit of talking as though the war in Viet Nam were already over. Nixon is fond of repeating, almost casually, the claim that "we are ending the longest war in the history of the U.S." Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird not long ago startled top aides at the outset of his weekly military briefing by ordering: "Don't tell me about Viet Nam now. I don't want to hear about it until the end." Viet Nam always used to be first on his agenda. Now U.S. officials seem confident that the South Vietnamese military forces can withstand...
...good many years. This fact is fully supported by the experience of Korea and Taiwan. The arithmetic supporting these statements is included in the Appendix. It must be emphasized that the amounts needed will be of the order of $.5 billion a year during the next decade. At the outset virtually the whole amount will have to be supplied (as it now is) from public sources. If development succeeds and national security increases, private capital inflows can be expected to contribute an increasing share of the total...
...long as six years in some cases-unexpectedly returned to Harvard in droves. Coupled with the emerging trend toward fall-term residency, this left Epps not only with a body in every bed, but a few in guest suites, ladies' bathrooms and music practice rooms as well. At the outset, Adams House had 40 more people than it could accomodate. Dunster House had 30 floaters, and every other House was either overcrowded or full...