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...freshman lacrosse team managed to stave off an M.I.T. rally to win a 7-6 contest despite some sloppy playing in the season opener...
Leading 3 to 2 on the strength of goals by Cleary, John Mayasich of Eveleth, Minn., and Gordon Christian of Warroad, Minn., the U.S. was unable to stave off a late rally by Sweden which culminated in two last period goals...
...prestige of the intellectuals has been strong enough to stave off any attempt at mass annihilation. The government's policy has been rather to pick off the remaining recalcitrants one by one. The policy seems to be working only too well. "It's a steamroller," says Correspondent Guillian, "so heavy no man can escape the crush." Concluded Frank Moraes of the Times of India after a tour of China: "For the first time I realized what for many years I had sensed vaguely but never grasped. To have your body imprisoned behind prison walls is degrading...
Behind 2-0, the U.S. team showed up next day hoping to stave off defeat in the doubles. As at Sydney, Trabert and Seixas played better together than apart, but they were still not good enough. They took the first set in a tenterhooks service duel, 14-12, against Hoad and steady Rex Hartwig, who at 26 is the old man of the Aussie team. But from then on the U.S. team was usually in trouble, striving to break through service. Trabert-Seixas occasionally shook Hoad with their "crossover" signal, but they could not shake Shotmaker Hartwig...
Stimulated by such philosophy, the people of I Love Me decide that the best way to stave off Odioso's threatened invasion is to send a kind of Point Four delegation to We Hate You to convert the people to democracy. The happy islanders sing...