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...stiffest sentences of all, as high as five years and nine months, were recently given to three Croats, including one Roman Catholic friar, who were convicted of collaborating with Croatian nationalists abroad. There are probably no more than 1,000 active political agitators among the 235,000 Croats who live and work outside their homeland, principally in labor-short West Germany and Sweden, but those 1,000 manage to stir up more trouble than almost any other nation's migres. They are divided into rival groups, variously espousing antiCommunist, anti-Tito and anti-Serbian views, but sharing a common derivation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: YUGOSLAVIA: Conspiratorial Croats | 6/5/1972 | See Source »

...reform to relieve one of the nation's stiffest property taxes (which encourages poor property maintenance and piecemeal land sales) and to raise new revenues to preserve, maintain and restore land...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: How to Save Maine for One Thin Dime | 5/1/1972 | See Source »

...Crimson's most talented wrestlers, Dan Blakinger (10-3) and freshman Carl Biello (9-3-1), are facing the stiffest competition of the meet at 118 and 126. There are no easy preliminaries in these classes, and several close match-ups will determine the Crimson's fortunes...

Author: By Robert W. Gerlach, | Title: Six Seeded Wrestlers To Battle in Easterns | 2/25/1972 | See Source »

Harvard will be competing against Yale, Cambridge and Oxford as well as Egyptian crews. Parker said he expected the stiffest competition to come from the two British schools...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crew Voyages to Egypt For Nile River Races | 12/11/1971 | See Source »

Villanova will receive its stiffest competition from Penn and Penn State. Penn State defeated Villanova early in the season when several of the Wolverines were suffering from injuries and sickness. Greg Fredericks, IC4A three and six mile champ, is Penn State's prime candidate for top honors...

Author: By E.j. Dionne, | Title: Villanova Favored in IC4A's Run; Harriers Place Hopes on Koerner | 11/15/1971 | See Source »

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