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...might have been expected most of the other CBS pages were the children of network presidents, vice presidents, producers, directors and correspondents. My connection was far more tenuous and I often felt like something of a misfit with Dan Rather Jr. and company. I was disappointed when I couldn't fill in the name tag saving. "I'm------s kid," which the graphics department cheerfully distributed among "The Neps." Then again, I was a little less prone to being complacent...
...early weeks working out a strategy to deter a possible Soviet invasion. He has won general agreement from the European allies that breaking political and economic ties with the Soviet Union would be the appropriate response. How to shore up Poland so that it can maintain a tenuous independence from the U.S.S.R. is another question. The country is on the verge of economic collapse and needs $11 billion in new hard-currency credits to stay afloat, but Haig is unwilling to organize a Western rescue effort unless the Warsaw government promises to institute economic reforms...
...what could be a critical moment in East-West relations. Most Western experts, including those in the U.S. State Department, doubted that armed intervention in Poland was imminent, but Moscow's words were a pointed reminder of the dangers that still threatened Poland after two weeks of tenuous labor calm...
Buoyed by their win in the Ivy League Swimming and Diving Championships two weeks ago, the Princeton University aquawomen demonstrated last night that their strength is not just limited to the Ivy League, as they held on to a tenuous 30 point lead over national powers like Penn State and Pittsburgh at the conclusion of the second day of the Eastern AIAW Swimming and Diving Championships in Pittsburgh...
Entering the final day of competition, the Crimson held a tenuous lead. More importantly, though, the Crimson had something to prove. Princeton had been the only team to defeat Harvard this season in dual meet competition. Now, on neutral turf, the Crimson sensed revenge...