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...most powerful group, the conservative Dorotei, "owns" about 27% of the party's membership, while the leftwing, urban-based Forze Nuove has 10%. Overall, the party is divided into two roughly equal, opposing camps, one old-guard conservative and the other comparatively youthful and progressive. In this standoff situation, pivotal power is usually held by Aldo Moro's Morotei faction, which commands only 8% of the party membership but has enough swing-seat muscle to control the top government jobs...
...hazardous standoff continues there is a strong chance that the encounters between Icelandic gunboats and British frigates may cause a fatal accident. Should one Icelandic sailor die government officials warn, public opinion may demand a break with NATO Such a break would both please and enhance the political clout of the Communist-oriented "People's Alliance," which has eleven seats in Reykiavik's 1,000-year-old Parliament. It might also benefit the Soviet Union, whose trawlers, during the cod war with Britain have scrupulously observed Iceland's 200-mile fishing limit...
There is a possible solution to the current standoff between boycotting students and resolute Faculty. The Dunster House committee has asked each House and the Freshman council to send two representatives to a meeting on Tuesday to suggest reforms for the CRR. Specific proposals that emerge from that meeting should be submitted to the Faculty. Those proposals will have to address the questions of hearsay evidence, the right of appeal, the vagueness of the Resolution's wording, and the student-Faculty balance...
...statistics mean anything, then Harvard and Yale will most likely play to a standoff on Saturday. The Crimson leads the Ivies in total offense, averaging 404.3 yards per game, while Yale has been the stingiest on defense, yielding a meager total of 248.5 yards...
...Mexican Standoff...