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...children had to move away from home temporarily. The 18 days of semi-isolation were ordered by doctors to shield the astronauts from the effects of earthly germs; any chance infection could be confused with bodily changes caused by the prolonged weightlessness, and thus hinder the intensive effort to pinpoint the physical consequences of living in zero...
When he emerged, Nixon finally took the course everyone expected him to take. He asked for the resignations of his top aides, fired his legal counsel, and delivered a nationwide address on television. In that speech, he accepted responsibility, but did not pinpoint blame. He again shillyshallied on the issue, stressing domestic and foreign policy goals instead of taking a positive stand...
Epps's duties as dean of Students are somewhat difficult to pinpoint. Charles P. Whitlock, dean of the College, has taken over many student-Faculty matters. And following the merger of Harvard and Radcliffe housing, Genevieve Austin took charge of housing matters--previously under the supervision of the dean of Students. Epps says that this leaves him free to pursue; "other administrative areas...
...walls of SHAPE headquarters near Brussels, battle maps pinpoint the location of the 1,000,000 troops of the seven-nation Warsaw Pact, as well as the 4,200 Soviet tactical and medium-range nuclear weapons pointed at the heart of Western Europe. On the walls of the Warsaw Pact Command Headquarters in Moscow, other maps pinpoint the location of NATO'S 580,000 troops, as well as its 7,000 nuclear weapons...
...problems of Harrison's squad are hard to pinpoint, but a significant factor has to be the subconscious mental letdown, especially among the seniors, of closing out the year with no chance of a high league finish. Against Columbia the Crimson trailed by as many as 27 points in the second half, en route to as lackluster a showing as has been seen by Harvard fans in some time...