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After losing in the opening match of the Army tilt by a major decision, the Crimson lost three consecutive bouts by a 5-4 score to foreshadow the Army assault...

Author: By Bill Ginsberg, | Title: The Best and the Worst: Matmen Lose, Then Win | 2/21/1978 | See Source »

...privately owned, is now operating at only half of its capacity, the government is finishing up a new $68 million plant of its own that is scheduled to begin production late this year. Torrijos' advisers are sure that with recovery, both plants will be going at full tilt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Panama's Rewards of Ratification | 2/20/1978 | See Source »

...weak but obstreperous ally is very bad politics." Now Peking fears that its deteriorating relations with Viet Nam will push Hanoi further into the embrace of Moscow. Worst of all, if the Vietnamese were to rout the Cambodians, a Kremlin-manipulated puppet regime could emerge in Phnom-Penh and tilt the balance of power in Southeast Asia in Moscow's favor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Diplomatic Blues in Peking | 2/6/1978 | See Source »

...monthly "Easy Chair" columns and longer articles, Harper's Editor Lewis H. Lapham also frequently takes a conservative tilt. Lapham bridles, for example, at the all-out conservationist position in the energy debate. "People want what they want," he maintains, "and they will pay whatever prices they must, and so it is no use [for the Government] to tell them what's good for them." Lapham inveighs bitterly against a variety of adversaries and attitudes, including the empire building of major cultural institutions. He has no quarrel with readers who complain that his magazine often dwells, in classic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Zigging and Zagging at Harper's | 1/23/1978 | See Source »

...Bixby suffered his first loss of the season in one of the close match-ups of the Coast Guard tilt. Coast Guard captain, Mickey Butler, defeated Bixby, one of Harvard's co-captains...

Author: By Bill Ginsberg, | Title: Wrestling Team Splits Matches Coast Guard Loss Dulls Wins | 1/16/1978 | See Source »

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