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...then be served well by younger editions of themselves, might not have been served differently. They might wonder if the demands of the institution might not have allowed some room for human considerations; they might wonder if the imperatives of imagined greatness, of dealing rationally and efficiently with a vicious world, precluded so completely a concern for the lives and feelings of those who were not great. If they are truly human, they will consider these matters in 30 years; if they are truly wise, they will consider them...
...York City with fatigue from participating in the U.N. debate on Hanoi's takeover). In Kompong Som the two sides were fighting street to street and hand to hand for control of Cambodia's sole deep-water port, 136 miles southwest of Phnom-Penh (see map). Vicious fighting continued in the Mondolkiri forest as well, and at Siem Reap and Kampot, where Khmers who had been chased out of the town retaliated by shelling it from surrounding mountains...
...impact of the change of government in Iran: Bakhtiar has said that Iran will not be a policeman of the Persian Gulf region. That is wise of him; no one wants him to fill that role. That leaves Iraq, and I consider the Iraqis much more vicious than the Soviets. You know that the Iraqis consider Kuwait to be an Iraqi province; I would not be surprised at any time to hear that they have taken it over. As for Egypt, its commitment to defend [Kuwait and Saudi Arabia] the moment they are attacked still prevails and will continue...
...Methodist University is wrestling with a cumulative deficit of $6 million. "We're caught between the goddam rate of inflation and the miserable performance of the stock market," says University of Chicago Provost Gale Johnson. "Our costs go up, and our endowment goes down. It's a vicious crossfire...
Overtime one: a goaltender's duel, Ed ("ED-DEE!") Giacomin vs. Tony Esposito--no scoring. Overtime two: incredible. Chicago closes in for the kill on a three-on-one break. Giacomin skates out to cut down the angle; he is knocked cold by a vicious 15-foot slapshot. A Black Hawk reaches the rubber and bangs it off the post; the Rangers and their fans (except for Giacomin, who is still unconscious) gaze in horror as the puck rebounds to Stan Mikita, quintessential all-star, still one of the most accurate shooters...