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Haven for Rebels. What does Nyerere's experience portend for the future of emerging Africa? One of the few heartening lessons in his brush with disaster was the O.A.U.'s willingness to forgive him. Nyerere, after all, is a leader in African unity, permits his capital to be used as headquarters for the O.A.U.'s Liberation Committee, whose aim is to crack the white grip on southern Africa. This is one of the few issues around which all black Africans can rally. Dar es Salaam (Arabic for "Haven of Peace") further belies its name by serving...
Neither the Big Red nor the Lions is an Ivy title contender, but the contests are psychologically all-important for the Crimson five. Harvard is evenly matched with both teams, and a bad start in the Ivy race could portend a long, long season for the Crimson...
...Rocky, vacationing most of last week at his Seal Harbor, Me., estate, such statistics could only portend disaster. There is, of course, no doubt that he means to seek the G.O.P. presidential nomination next year. But he had meant to play things fairly cautiously. And now, in the face of all the worsening word, he was forced to step up his schedule. On his direct orders, Rocky's aides last week fanned out about the nation to assure G.O.P. leaders that "we are in the fight all the way," and to say that Rocky would test his popularity...
...with the height of Hank Tison and Jay Buckley (both 6 ft. 10 in.) make the Blue Devils look invincible on paper. They're not. Although they sport a 20-game winning streak, Duke has a sometimes shoddy defense and a rather ineffectual set of multiple offenses which may portend trouble for them tonight...
Once again Updike's comet-a blazing thesaurus trailed by an incandescence of reputation-is visible against the night sky. What wonders does it portend...