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Today at 2 p.m., Harvard faces a respected Amherst team. Although Harvard shut out Amherst last year, 9-0, today's match should be tougher. This spring Amherst's number two and three spot are held by sophomores, both of whom beat their Harvard freshman opponents last year...
...megaton hydrogen warheads. (The U.S. Minuteman ICBM carries a relatively modest one-megaton punch.) The SS-9, said Laird, is far too potent a weapon for the mere destruction of cities: since the Soviets must have it in their inventory for the purpose of knocking out a tougher target, the U.S. ICBMs in their silos...
...expected to have good answers and not just good questions." Laird concedes that it is easier to be an inquisitor than an advocate. At a time when even the best-laid plans and pronouncements of the military Establishment are increasingly subject to public skepticism, he may face a tougher job than any of his predecessors...
...Tougher Competition...
Sophomore Cahalan, who will be captain of the swimming team in 1970, will enter his specialty, the 50-free. Cahalan won this event at the Eastern Seaboards in a Harvard record time of 21.6, but he will have to cope with some tougher competition on Thursday. The record for the 50-free in the Nationals is 20.9. Cahalan's goal now is to take a couple of tenths off his 21.6 clocking and then hope for the best...