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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...cardinal errors in wei-ch'i is containment." Boorman said, applying his theory to the present Vietnam situation. "Your opponent can work behind his lines and cut your forces to pieces. The idea is to surround your opponent by forming strong bases of support...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Book by Harvard Senior Explains Chess Game's Influence on Mao | 11/4/1969 | See Source »

...number of citizens who make one of these splinter candidates their first choice on the ballot will provide a rough estimate of the amount of discontent with the traditional patterns of Cambridge politics: it is a total which political veterans-especially the present City Councilors-will probably be watching closely. At the moment, however, it does not seem that the impact of the rent control issue will be great. There has been councilor-which would amount to a minor relatively little agitation over rent control during the council campaign: registration is actually about 2000 less than in 1967, indicating that...

Author: By William R. Galeota, | Title: Cambridge Council Race | 11/3/1969 | See Source »

Thus, when the votes are all tallied a week or so from now, chances are that the resulting council will be similar to the present one. That in turn bodes well for the future of City Manager James L. Sullivan. Though the two retiring councilors were part of the coalition which hired Sullivan, the manager seems to feel that he can gain the support of a majority of the new council, and he is a man sensitive to the way the political wind is blowing in the City. For the first time since 1963, then, the council elections...

Author: By William R. Galeota, | Title: Cambridge Council Race | 11/3/1969 | See Source »

Music, films, and talk will fill the student center tomorrow night. Those present will decide on strategy for the next day, with a militant picket line around M. I. T. s Instrumentation Laboratories, beginning at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, as the most likely action...

Author: By Jeff Magalif, | Title: NAC Members to Occupy M. I. T. Offices Tomorrow | 11/3/1969 | See Source »

Broadening the age distribution of trustee members by eliminating the present requirement that only graduates of ten years standing are eligible...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tufts Board of Trustees To Vote On Revisions in Governing System | 11/1/1969 | See Source »

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