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Rumors of a cease-fire in Indochina circulated widely last night as presidential advisor Henry A. Kissinger '50 returned to Washington from a two-day secret meeting in Paris...
Like the variations on some tricky gambit, the moves in Reykjavik, Iceland, last week were wild, wicked and just plain wearying. First, World Chess Champion Boris Spassky of the U.S.S.R. requested and was granted a two-day postponement of the 14th game in his title match with Bobby Fischer of the U.S. Bobby, never one to miss an opening, immediately filed a formal protest, charging that Boris' excuse of "not feeling well" was too "vague and indefinite" to justify a delay. Actually, Fischer was just twisting the knife, for he and everyone else in Reykjavik could easily diagnose Spassky...
...been formally placed on the ticket at a miniconvention of the Democratic National Committee in Washington, McGovern was free to plunge eagerly into the formal debut of his presidential campaign. He deliberately chose New Hampshire, where five amazing months ago he won his first primary victory. In his two-day swing through three New England states, the crowd response was warm, and McGovern grew buoyant again in his quiet...
McGovern's shift away from Eagleton seemed to be based in part on the verdicts of major U.S. newspapers, most of which-including the Washington Post, the Baltimore Sun and the Los Angeles Times-called for Eagleton to quit. After a two-day pause for reflection, the New York Times concurred...
...press conference the next day, Spassky's second spelled out the "just punishment" by making three demands: 1) a written apology from Fischer, 2) a condemnation of Fischer's behavior by Euwe, and 3) an apology from Euwe for granting Fischer a two-day postponement in violation of F.I.D.E. rules. Euwe, 71, a courtly former world champion (1935-37) from The Netherlands, immediately took the microphone and said: "Of course I condemn Mr. Fischer's behavior. Is there anybody in this room who does not?" Claiming that "Fischer lives in another world," Euwe admitted that...