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...base at Massawa, though Moscow already has naval and air facilities in both South Yemen and Aden. Ethiopia could prove to be a mini-Viet Nam for the Russians even though, as the second most populous nation in black Africa (pop. 29 million), it offers them a more attractive springboard than Somalia from which to jump into African affairs and establish a strong presence along the Persian Gulf tanker routes...
...place where an upset could hurt the most would be in the diving competition. Harvard has a decided edge here, with four consistently strong springboard specialists in Mike Toal, Steve Schramm, Jamie Greacen, and Craig Gavin. It would be unwise to think of anything less than a sweep for Harvard on both the one and three-meter boards, unless Tiger Paul Malot, who Berizzi calls "the unknown quantity," puts in an adrenaline-fueled performance to place in either event...
Irion, who was last year's leader in both the scoring and rebounding departments, underwent knee surgery last spring and is sidelined for the season. Beaulieu transferred to Boston College, leaving Banks as the springboard for this year's offensive attack. Banks was Harvard's leading scorer as a junior two years ago before he decided to take a year's leave...
...election in 1975 with 3 moderates taking control. They no longer publicly race-bait and plunder the system in the fashion of their predecessors, but David I. Finegan. John McDonough and Kathleen Sullivan have proven to be a disappointment. Unpaid school committee membership is usually regarded as a springboard for higher office; with visions of the mayoralty dancing in their heads, the committee members failed to rise above the soap box and job recommendation mentality...
...betting is that when the U.A.W. and the automakers next wrangle in 1979, the union will use its Ford contract as a springboard for demanding a real four-day week-not four days and 40 hours, but an eight-hour day, four days a week...