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...urges Daniel Patrick Moynihan, who returned recently to Harvard after two years as U.S. Ambassador to India. In the March issue of Commentary, he calls on the U.S. to adopt a tougher stance toward the Third World. He excoriates Americans for an "extraordinarily passive, even compliant" policy that tries-but fails-to appease the developing nations by remaining silent when Third World leaders blame the West for famine and poverty...
Crimson backstroker Tom Wolf, defending champion in the 200 backstroke, is going to face a tougher field this year. But luckily for Harvard, he will have some help from freshman Duncan Pyle who has performed well this year in the IM as well as the back...
...never played a varsity game in his life. Coach Jack Barnaby said. "He was like a kid on the football team who was called in for the first time at the Yale game. The pressure was terrific on the kid. But he didn't crack. He got tougher in the clutch against a guy who was just about even with...
...think that it is the problem that it once was, because the voters now are really much tougher in evaluating appearances. The American people have heard a lot of promises that just weren't delivered on. They are not cynical; they are skeptical. They are leary of the guy who comes in promising everything and who has the magic touch. With big crowds, charisma can be effective. But when voters sit down to decide, they want to know whether a candidate has real answers. That is why the Democrats are in a position where, having won by wide margins...
Many afternoon speakers, including former Rep. George L. Sacco, said the key to crime control is tougher penalty on offenders rather than on control of weapons belonging to law-abiding citizens...