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With that clash of rival ideas, of rival systems and ways of life, the deteriorating relationship between the world's two superpowers sank to alarming depths. In the U.S., both houses of Congress overwhehnhigly adopted resolutions deploring the trials and the Soviet denial of human rights. Democratic Senator Henry ("Scoop") Jackson urged, in vain, that Secretary of State Vance should post! pone his trip to Geneva for a SALT conference with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko (see following story), lest the willingness to continue negotiations be interpreted as "the wrong signal at the wrong time." His fellow Senator Daniel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: A Sadness the World Feels | 7/24/1978 | See Source »

Detroit's subcompacts did well against the imports, whose prices rose as the dollar sank relative to other currencies. Models such as Chrysler's Omni, Chevy's Chevette and Ford's Mustang II cut into foreign makers' share of the U.S. market and drove it down from 21% in January...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Auto Surge | 6/19/1978 | See Source »

...Rutgers eight which Harvard sank by 6.6 seconds against in their first race of the spring, powered home third. 3.6 seconds and just over a length behind the Crimson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ...Bring Back the Shirts to Cambridge | 5/15/1978 | See Source »

...three boats sank before the race began, and most others toppled over before making it to the finish line. First prize--a case of Miller beer--went to two Currier House alumni, Frank M. Kulash '76 and David F. Wilson '75, whose raft crossed the finish line last...

Author: By Ruth Kogan, | Title: Adams Raft Race: Hapless Boats Sink, Water Balloons Fly | 5/8/1978 | See Source »

...better surname?) led the team, and the Ivies, in assists, with 174 in 26 games. The diminutive guard (5 ft., 10 in. in the program) dished out 15 buckets at Detroit, registered six steals at Holy Cross, scored ten points a game playing point guard, sank six of six free throws in the closing minutes to cinch the Penn upset, and led the team in intensity--every game...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Cagers Select Fine, Hooft to Lead 78-'79 Squad | 4/29/1978 | See Source »

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