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...great, oppressive silence fell over the spectators, Gourdin started, his spikes swishing through the air. They flashed in the sunlight and his powerful strides had carried him to the edge of the jumping pit. He had measured his stride perfectly, and he did not have to falter or shorten or lengthen it. Then he bunched his strong body together, and, as he leaped high and far, it looked as if he were a human projectile fired from some unseen and unheard...
...blown to bits, along with almost everybody else in the world, when the U. S., having been prevented by public outcry from using nuclear weapons in Southeast Asia, did indeed use them in Latin America (claiming, of course, that to do so would save lives and shorten the war). So most of us are dead-to all intents and purposes... What a garden-spot this planet could have been...
...effort to shorten intramural sport seasons, Intramural Athletic Director Floyd Wilson has divided the Houses into two leagues. The East will have Quincy, Winthrop, Leverett, Adams, Mather and Radcliffe, and the West will have the other five Houses...
...believed that the U.S. was repelling an aggressor, upholding the Nuremberg principles and fighting a "just war" ?the kind defined by St. Thomas Aquinas as aimed at "a good to be affected or an evil to be avoided." All sincerely believed that their policies would save lives and shorten the war. They turned out to have chosen the wrong means. That was not a crime that any court can remedy; it was a tragic blunder...
Other players expressed dissatisfaction earlier in the season. Captain Dale Dover, on the squad's behalf, asked Harrison to shorten the length of practice to about two hours, instead of what frequently turned out to be three or three-and-a-half hours...