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...American technology, and the Egyptian elite has largely been educated at American universities. The men around Sadat are pro-American, in the sense that they see improved ties with the U.S. as Egypt's best hope for the future. There is a sense that American foreign policy will prevail, despite Nixon's domestic crisis, and that the U.S. will remain strong enough to deal with the Russians and Western Europe. At the same time, it is hoped that the U.S. will reduce its support of Israel...
...second trio--Rick Climan, Cass Sunstein, and Don Bales -- fared well against the men, but not against the woman and won, 6-3. Each were expected to lose to Salem's John Blois. But when Crimson second division ace Climan faced Sue Therrien, no one expected her to prevail...
...students in the black and Spanish ghetto-neighborhoods of Boston, Cleveland, New York and Chicago who would for certain be effective competition for the men and women who are now enrolled in colleges like this, but who will never have the chance to stand or struggle, perish or prevail, all for no other reason of exclusion but the accident of color, cash and birth. Those, however, who partake of opportunities like these cannot confront the dangerous idea that what they recognize as their participation is someone else's cold and inexplicable exclusion. The scholar trains himself, therefore, to live...
...Baltimore Orioles in the American League playoffs. When the Orioles knocked out Oakland Ace Vida Blue (20-9) early in the first game and won it 6-0, there was hope in Baltimore that the home team's strong pitching staff, starring Jim Palmer (22-9), would prevail over Oakland's aces. But then came Oakland's other stone walls, Ken Holtzman and Jim ("Catfish") Hunter. They and Reliever Rollie Fingers stood their ground in three of the final four games as obdurately as a goal-line defensive unit in that other sport...
YALE-COLUMBIA--Yale dropped a big one to Brown last week and proved that the Elis miss Dick Jauron more than most expected them to. Quarterback is still a problem. Columbia, however, is hapless, as the Crimson so forcefully demonstrated last weekend. Yale will prevail. Yale 27, Columbia...