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...from the Indian side of the border would be greatly alleviated, allowing the Pakistani troops to concentrate on subduing the Bengali rebels. For precisely the same reasons, India is seeking to avoid intervention?on the theory that such relief would enable Yahya to avoid a political settlement and thus prolong the refugee burden...
With a 5-1 marksss in the Ivies, the Crimson and Cornell trail unbeaten Penn by one game going into the last weekend of conference matches. A Harvard victory today wold prolong the Crimson's faint hope for a title until tomorrow when the Quakers entertain the Big Red in Philadelphia...
Continuous protest is necessary and effective in making the politicians who prolong the war uncomfortable, in showing support for the direct victims of these policies such as the Vietnamese and the American soldiers in Vietnam, and in easing our own personal sense of oppression brought on by awareness of the horrors being carried out in our name, with our money...
...attack against the FBI for the opposite reason -what they saw as an overzealous expansion of intelligence investigations -the Administration was forced to defend Hoover and postpone his retirement. There are those who believe that Hoover deliberately embroils himself in political controversies precisely because they serve to prolong his tenure. At least one highly ranked Justice Department official has urged reporters not to write stories critical of Hoover, so that the FBI director can be decorously removed...
...economic program last week, other nations remained deeply distressed by the continuing aspects of Phase I-particularly the surcharge of up to 10% on their exports to the U.S. They fear that a trade war could erupt should Treasury Secretary John Connally overplay his bargaining hand and prolong the surcharge at their expense. No country has been as dismayed by Washington's measures or stands to lose as much as Canada, far and away the U.S.'s best customer and most important supplier. Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau two years ago memorably summed up the two countries...