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...sprints Henry will again be a key figure along with Joy Hudson, and Bennet Midlo, who has moved from the 400 to the 200 to give the Crimson added depth in the shorter distances...
...stream of messages by means of a 2,400-ft. antenna that the boat trails above and behind it, just below the ocean surface. Usually this incoming traffic consists of routine instructions, equipment tests and 40-word "familygrams" for the crew. But the message could also be a much shorter, infinitely
...defenses, but some of the weapons programs in Reagan's new military budget suggest that the Administration is on a buying binge. Last month it was disclosed that the President planned to add 17,000 nuclear explosive devices to the existing arsenal of 25,000 (which includes armaments for shorter-range missiles, as well as artillery shells, demolition mines and torpedoes). This kind of warhead inflation, seemingly far in excess of what the U.S. should need to deter the Soviets, tends to justify the question asked by those who want a weapons freeze: "How much is enough?" Too often...
...coming to see me in person, I will cut it down by 1,000 years. Another time [a Rumanian official] came also to speak on behalf of the Soviet Union. This time I again made a concession of 1,000 years. You see, my time limit is becoming shorter and shorter, and when the Rumanian President Ceauşescu came two years ago, and he again raised the issue, I said: 'This time I can make no more concessions.' " Committed now to a struggle of 8,000 years, the Chairman saw no point in tactical maneuvers. Of course...
...general, foreign universities simply don't try to mix academics and athletics. That attitude prevails even on the secondary level. Where sports seasons tend to be much shorter than at American high schools. And colleges--even schools famous for their students devotion to crew--are stingy when it comes to funding other sports...