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Harvard's resurgent hockey team disposed of sloppy St. Lawrence with relative case last night at Watson Rink to strengthen its hold on fifth place in the ECAC standings. The victory will also keep Harvard's hopes alive for a fourth place finish and home ice for next month's playoffs...
...this matter trouble you, for the sword devours now one and now another. Strengthen your attack upon the city and overthrow...
...Band. I had initially turned down. I didn't feel that the author had delineated the black man in the play carefully enough. I felt he was too weak. When I returned to the play, I told them I would be delighted to do it if they would strengthen his fight, if he wouldn't go under quite so easily...
Northeastern University has secured court injunctions prohibiting several student leaders from participating in demonstrations that would interfere with either a G. E. recruiting effort or Hayakawa's speech. The University has also hired off-duty Boston policemen to strengthen the University's security force...
...tribal loyalties that stand in the way of nation building. Had the Ibo secession worked, some of Africa's 6,000 other tribal groups would undoubtedly have been encouraged to seek independence, setting back the process of political modernization indefinitely. Conversely, the victory of the central government may strengthen the forces that hope to create strong federal systems in Africa...