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This, unfortunately, seems to be part of the role of the athlete at Harvard--self-justification and disproof of the animal image--thrust upon him by a large number of his athletically apathetic and often cynical classmates. There is a definite tendency among the undergraduates and certain instructors almost self-consciously to separate the students into the two types, and, for those who want to be identified with the "intellectuals," to look down on the uncultured "jock." Although they may find this fun, they often take themselves seriously: certainly their attitude is immature and unfair, and more than likely results...
...Peheel!" (Action). The trap door fell open, and Eichmann's body, plunging out of sight into the room below, swung slightly at the end of the rope. The corpse was cut down, carried to a corner of the prison grounds where, in swirls of ground fog, it was thrust into an aluminum oven with a chimney at one end. A gas fire burned for two hours, reducing Eichmann's light frame to a handful of ashes. While the body was cremated, black smoke poured into the sky. None of the watching officials and reporters said a word...
...things: increase economic growth and check inflation. The trouble is that while both aims are laudable in theory, they do not necessarily go together. In trying to achieve both of them at the same time, and in using methods that have alarmed businessmen, the President may have thrust himself into an economic...
...crisis in Southeast Asia has been perfectly predict able for many months. When President Kennedy took office, Communist troops in Laos were already on the offensive. Hardly anyone seemed to care. Laos assuredly was a kooky kind of country, economically, politically and socially. But militarily it was a dagger thrust into Southeast Asia -it flanked South Viet Nam on the west and Thailand on the east...
...equipment only in the most general terms. Even when figures were given, they were carefully selected to tell little. Titov revealed, for instance, that his ship was launched by a multistage booster having six liquid-propellant rocket engines with 600,000 kilograms (1,323,000 Ibs.) of total thrust. Without breakdown into stages, this information told U.S. scientists little that they had not already calculated for themselves. The same was true of Titov's revelation that, against instructions, he left the Vostok II's portholes uncovered during re-entry and saw flame and molten material from the heat...