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Revolution in Iran. A souring of the important U.S. special relationship with Saudi Arabia. A looming economic crisis, and soon, caused by oil shortages and runaway price boosts. A danger that much of the region might change its tilt away from the U.S. and toward the Soviet Union. A Middle East peace seemingly more elusive than ever. These are the troubles and threats that America faces in the so-called crescent of crisis-that great swath of countries running from the Horn of Africa through Egypt and across the Middle East to Afghanistan and Pakistan. Here, more than...
...interested in some intra-Harvard hoop action, then arrive at the IAB for Friday night's preliminary game between the JV's and the Harvard Classics. These two teams have played each other twice already this year; each team has one victory and one loss. Friday's tilt will be the unofficial sub-championship game...
Nitze does not believe the Soviets want war. He does believe they seek a clear superiority of power through which they can tilt the world their way. "It is hard to see what factors in the future are apt to disconnect international politics and diplomacy from the underlying real power balances," Nitze testified a few days ago on the Hill. "The nuclear balance is only one element in the overall power balance. But in the Soviet view, it is the fulcrum upon which all other levers of influence−military, economic or political−rest...
Like any Harvard-Yale tilt, this contest was a grudge match. The Crimson hadn't lost to the Elis since 1961, but the squad barely survived a 5-4 scare last season at New Haven. The Yalies, tired of "so close but no...," were looking to light the victory cigar this time around. But it was not to be, for the Harvard racquetmen were determined to end what some would call a disappointing season with a satisfying...
...dangerous foray into enemy territory, the men's varsity basketball expeditionary force will try to outgun Yale at New Haven. The JV's send out an advance force at 5:30 p.m., and the first shots in the varsity tilt will be fired...