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In the last game, sophomore David Twice cannoned from outside while freshman Jon Ross filled the middle as the Crimson outscored the Great Danes 8-2 to escape Albany's upset bid with a 15-13 victory. With the Danes serving from a 12-11 edge, Ross spotted a weakness...

Author: By Mike Knobler, | Title: Spikers Need Rally To Get Past Danes | 3/11/1982 | See Source »

"Our governments abandoned the population," says Presidential Candidate Maldonado, "and this formed the base for revolutionary action. Any other people would have had a popular uprising by now. The only reason why not is that the people are afraid of the Communists who are leading the insurrection. We must show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Guatemala: Caught in the Crossfire | 3/8/1982 | See Source »

But these failures deserve compassion rather than scorn. The men who involved us in Viet Nam ventured American prestige beyond the strategic merits of the local issue and risked infinitely more than they intended. Yet their purposes were far from ignoble; later events confirmed the validity of the view that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WATERGATE: WHY IT HAPPENED | 3/8/1982 | See Source »

After about half an hour in the Lincoln Bedroom I returned to my White House office. Soon Nixon called. I must not remember our encounter that evening as a sign of weakness, he said. How strange is the illusion by which men sustain themselves! This evening when he had bared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WATERGATE: THE SMOKING GUN | 3/8/1982 | See Source »

My biggest immediate challenge in taking over the State Department was to conduct a strong foreign policy despite the growing weakness of our executive authority. If history was any guide, crises were now unavoidable. It was imperative, at a moment when the squalid spectacle of the destruction of a presidency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: YEARS OF UPHEAVAL | 3/1/1982 | See Source »

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