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Southeastern Massachusetts provided little more than a warm-up for the Crimson fencers. The Harvard squad should find rougher going in its match Wednesday against the MIT engineers...
Several Radcliffe players put the blame for the team's poor performance on the frequent fouls called on their team. They felt this was caused by the rougher play which occurs when Radcliffe scrimmages Harvard...
...Grande Gorge near Taos, N. Mex., which they resemble; instead, the canyons may be the result of lava flows. To help settle the argument, the astronauts plan to drive part way down the slope, which begins at a relatively gentle incline of about 10°. As the going gets rougher for the rover, they may leave it behind and walk the rest of the way into the rille. Later, the astronauts will drive to North Complex, a collection of craters and hummocks that may be an indication of relatively recent volcanic activity on the moon...
Last week the forbidding ruins, relics of an earlier and rougher stage in the war, were abruptly jolted from their silence. From jumping-off points 50 miles away, long columns of tanks, trucks and armored personnel carriers ground into the rugged western reaches of Quang Tri province, raising towering columns of dust. Overhead, gunships darted around in search of enemy troops. Giant Chinook helicopters flapped into long-abandoned bases, depositing men and massive earth-moving machines. At Lang Vei, a halftrack pulled up loaded with expectant-looking G.I.s. One soldier had a single word painted on his helmet: "Laos...
Dole's role thus will be that of a party spokesman rather than an organizer. Articulate and sometimes abrasive (TIME, July 6, 1970), Dole is expected to be rougher and sharper than the amiable and widely admired Morton. The difference, observed one White House aide, is that "Rog is a big old St. Bernard, while Dole is a hungry Doberman pinscher." One leading Republican offers an intriguing rationale for the switch: Morton was never as partisan as Nixon wanted, so Vice President Spiro Agnew took up the hatchet duties. Now Dole will eagerly perform them, while an attempt...