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...swept the Crimson in a double-header will be studying for exams since it did not receive a tournament bid. We can be sure that the Princeton team appreciates the extra study time, but when it finds that for the third straight year it has gotten short-changed the tradeoff seems less attractive...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Soaking Up the Bennies | 5/28/1971 | See Source »

...balance for months, but last week the case was officially closed, at least from the German point of view. The Munich prosecutor's office announced that it had interrogated more than 200 witnesses, and had decided to drop all charges because Defregger acted under duress. In an apparent tradeoff, Julius Cardinal Döpfner announced the next day that he would accept Defregger's resignation as leader of the diocese. Defregger will retain the rank of bishop and handle administrative tasks regarding religious orders. Meanwhile an investigation continues in the village of Filetto di Camarda, where the executions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Bishop Under Duress | 9/28/1970 | See Source »

...been swindled in the tradeoff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: America the Inefficient | 3/23/1970 | See Source »

...reason for the $1.1 billion tradeoff between Air Force funds and foreign aid was that Air Force General Curtis LeMay, boss of the Strategic Air Command, had testified that the Russians will soon have a larger bomber force than the U.S. A more direct reason was that 1956 is an election year, and giving money to the Air Force is more attractive politically than handing it over to "foreigners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ARMED FORCES: Charlie's Big Thumb | 7/2/1956 | See Source »

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