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...team will be using the same lineup as in Saturday's match, when it won the first five singles matches in straight sets to build a 7-2 rout...
Harvard's tennis team turned what on paper seemed a close match into a 7-2 rout of Dartmouth Saturday on the Soldier' Field Courts and established itself right behind league leaders Columbia and Princeton in the EITA...
...further American escalation in the war. There are several possibilities for what form this new escalation might take: sustained bombing of North Vietnam above the 20th Parallel, air raids on Hanoi and Haiphong, the destruction of North Vietnam's irrigation dikes, or the use of tactical nuclear weapons to rout the North Vietnamese from positions in South Vietnam. And we cannot stand by passively, as we have done so often in the past, if a new escalation against the real forces of freedom in Vietnam is perpetrated by our government. We must poise ourselves for resistance and be able...
...Meir was totally opposed to Hussein's suggestion that Israel surrender part of Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip to enlarge his nation. "He crowns himself king of Jerusalem," she said scornfully, "and envisions himself as ruler of larger territories than were under his control prior to the rout of June 1967." Nonetheless she conceded that "the truth of the matter is that this plan affects Israel's most vital interests." The Knesset thereupon adopted a resolution urging the government to "continue to negotiate" with Jordan-a calculated signal to Amman...
Substituting freely, but prudently, the Crimson began to hack away at the Jox lead, with Jon Carlson, Pete Landry and Deac Dake hitting insistently from the outside, and Dan Swanson doing basic destructive work underneath. Within minutes, it was a rout, and as the Administration frantically attempted to set up an orderly offensive attack, the score continued to mount...