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...most neutralist of all Southeast Asian nations, Cambodia accepts aid missions from the U.S., Russia, Red China and France. Its leader, Prince Sihanouk, is involved in continual quarrels with his ancient rivals and neighbors, Thailand and South Viet Nam; he is a man of unpredictable temperament, highly excitable and stubborn. As a result of a visit to the U.S. last September, Sihanouk is now impressed with everything American, from soda fountains to military air bases, and believes the U.S. now understands him better too. U.S. diplomacy here, as in Laos and Thailand, has recently shown greater sophistication...
With the efficiency and dispatch which has always characterized the varsity in such affairs, the Crimson squash team defeated a stubborn but outmanned Amherst squad, 8 to 1, yesterday at Hemenway Gymnasium...
...refused (for health reasons, he again explained) to consider a move from his powerful position on the Appropriations Committee to take on the minority leader title. He preferred instead to back Illinois' Everett Dirksen for the job. To crown Dirksen, Bridges had first to put down a stubborn revolt of Vermont's George Aiken and six other Senate liberals (TIME. Jan. 12) lined up behind Kentucky's courtly John Sherman Cooper...
...range assessment beyond the reiterated conviction that the men who were having those long drinks under the lilac bushes saved the country from disaster. In discussing the New Deal's opponents, Schlesinger stresses their rages and follies. Generally. F.D.R.'s adversaries are made to seem like those stubborn mules who refused to plow the cottonfields under; there is no suggestion that in the long view of history the mules may possibly have had a point...
...varsity hockey team defeated a surprisingly stubborn Tufts six yesterday, 6 to 2, as the Crimson succeeded in wearing down the Jumbos and scoring three times in the final period. George Higginbottom led the Crimson scorers with a hat trick...