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These plans at least point to the chief weakness of the Bretton Woods system: its overwhelming dependence on the dollar. Under the old system, the dollar was supposed to be freely convertible into gold. Other nations came to use dollars to pay their trade bills and to hold dollars in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Economy: Changing the World's Money | 10/4/1971 | See Source »

If Harvard has a weakness it will be on the wing defense where it lost two fullbacks and one halfback. The Crimson may be susceptible to a sudden opposition breakaway on a clearing pass to the wing, but the strength of Wilmot and Messing in the penalty area and the...

Author: By Robert W. Gerlach, | Title: Crimson Favored to Win Title Penn, Cornell Are Top Contenders | 10/1/1971 | See Source »

Liebermann is without a doubt the finest all-around player in the Ivy League. In his first two Harvard-Penn games Liebermann personally dominated midfield play and triggered his team's scoring threats. Just having the senior forward on the field promises the Quakers can exploit three or four dangerous...

Author: By Robert W. Gerlach, | Title: Crimson Favored to Win Title Penn, Cornell Are Top Contenders | 10/1/1971 | See Source »

Penn's weakness this fall will be at defense. Gone are All-Ivy fullbacks John Vroman and Art Swanson and consistent All--Ivy goalie Alex Spector. Penn will need to score to win.

Author: By Robert W. Gerlach, | Title: Crimson Favored to Win Title Penn, Cornell Are Top Contenders | 10/1/1971 | See Source »

The primary reason is the American egalitarian ideology. Several studies in The White Majority show how workers believe in social mobility and tend to blame themselves rather than the system for their lack of status, wealth and power. Even though the hypothesis of such social mobility contradicts the white majority...

Author: By Dan Swanson, | Title: Down Under and Forgotten | 9/29/1971 | See Source »

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