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...sizable numbers in supposedly neutral lands. Hanoi's forces long ago took on the burden of the Laos campaign from the ineffectual, home-grown Pathet Lao. Neither the frangible Laotian regulars nor the lightly armed, CIA-backed Meo guerrillas of Laotian General Vang Pao have been able to withstand them. In Cambodia, it was North Viet Nam's freewheeling use of Cambodian territory that finally precipitated Sihanouk's ouster. With the U.S. withdrawal under way, Sihanouk grew increasingly alarmed that the presence of so many North Vietnamese and Viet Cong soldiers would encourage Cambodia...
Blest be the Muses who up-reared this band, Blet be the men who lend a willing hand, Blest be its members whom its laws command, And damn's be all others who would its cause withstand...
Larry Cetrulo, Rick Tolbert, and Emil Godfrey will start at the saber for the Crimson. None of the Elis are good enough to withstand Cetrulo, and they will have trouble with both Tolbert and Godfrey...
...positions. Sandy McAdoo, ranked sixth intercollegiately at the beginning of the year, is now playing at number two behind captain John MacColl. Although Princeton lost to Navy. 3-0, at six positions, MacColl and McAdoo completely outclassed their opponents in three games. While Harvard's Larry Terrell should withstand MacColl's threat, senior John Ince will certainly be hard pressed by McAdoo at number...
...firms of Mannesmann and Thyssen will deliver 1,200,000 tons of 56-inch steel pipe, designed to withstand extreme cold, to Russia. The Soviets need it for pipelines to open the natural gas reserves of Siberia, the world's richest. In return, the Soviets will send to West Germany 52 billion cubic meters of gas over 20 years, starting in 1973. To enable the Soviets to pay for the pipe before they deliver the gas, a consortium of 17 West German banks will lend them $328 million at 6.25% interest-practically foreign-aid terms. A West German firm...