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...commemoration of the 53rd birthday of John F. Kennedy '40, the Institute of Politics created this cozy home-away-from-home for assorted visiting dignitaries, scholars and public figures. Once the posh pad of JFK and his senior year roomie--future Congressman Torbert H. MacDonald '40--the suite is also let out to supplicating students who want to bask in the nostalgia of JFK and his memorabilia...
...least acquiesced in plans to murder Diem and his brother. His evidence for this is almost nonexistent: a cryptic, secondhand account of a conversation between Kennedy and CIA agent Edward Lansdale, a vague thirdhand account of a secret visit to Diem in 1963 by the President's friend Torbert Macdonald, the unsupported speculation of officials on the edges of events at the time. He argues that the Kennedy Administration supported the coup because it had received reports that Diem was negotiating a settlement with North Vietnam, which the President feared would be politically damaging to him. Again, Hersh presents...
...even with all this going right for the home team, the score at half-time was tied at 33. The key was that Cornell sharpshooters such as Brandt Schuckman and Troy Torbert helped the Big Red make 47.8 percent of its shots in the first stanza, whereas the Crimson only converted on 35.5 percent. To boot, Harvard only made two of 11 three-point shots, as opposed to 4-9 for the visitors...
Cornell, in its losing effort, received 15 points each from Brandt Schuckman, Troy Torbert and Brian Kopf...
...Wendt 0-2 0-0 0; Shuckman 5-11 2-2 15; Vaughn 0-1 0-0 0; Escarzega 0-1 0-1 2; Buettenback 1-3 2-4 5; Kopf 5-9 4-8 15; Davis 0-0 0-0 0; Samuel 2-8 0-0 4; Torbert 7-8 0-0 15; Ellens 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS...