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Nothing went as predicted. Time and again the outmanned Crimson team came back to stall off the powerful Eli machine. It was the story of a small group of Harvard stars swimming again and again to thwart the Bulldog depth...
...party member since 1942, Gorshkov knew better than to openly oppose Khrushchev. But as a skilled politician himself, he knew well how to stall. He subtly resisted the missile enthusiasts in the Kremlin, kept alive the concept of surface ships. Then Khrushchev decided to put missiles in Castro's Cuba?and the whole game changed. The humiliation of their backdown under the guns of the U.S. Navy impressed on the Soviet leaders the value of naval power. Shortly after the crisis, Khrushchev sent an order to the admiral: Create a surface fleet...
...impressive showing of team depth, the Crimson's third line played inspired hockey to account for three of the eight scores, and the second line produced a superior defensive effort to repeatedly stall the Redmen attack. Third unit center Steve Barker accounted for two goals, and right wing Ford Fraker tipped in a single tally. Led by left wing Paul Sweeney's especially strong puck grabbing, the second line managed to shut out Dartmouth completely while...
Just before Christmas, the leadership crisis was finally tossed to the party's Central Committee. Novotný and his followers futilely tried to stall the inevitable with a filibuster, reportedly attempted to manipulate the militia to help maintain him in authority. Professor Ota Sik, 48, whose new economic model for Czechoslovakia (TIME, Nov. 11, 1966) fell victim to Novotný's apparatchiki, rose before the plenum and made particularly strong denunciations of the old guard-until he was hospitalized with the grippe. By the end of that week, the question was not longer whether Novotný would remain...
Munro shouldn't have any worries about Princeton's scoring. The New Jerseyans have only managed two Ivy goals so far in four games, but they might be able to stall the none-too-potent Harvard offense...