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...oprichniki (a primitive kind of secret police) to suppress both boyar and peasant revolts. Ivan's Stalinoid cruelties have always represented something of an ideological embarrassment to the Kremlin. Grigorovich, in a program note, argues unconvincingly that the real heroes of the ballet are the Russian people, "who withstood all the ordeals, survived and emerged victorious...
...Brandeis offense was not quite as cohesive, as it entered the second half with a "fling the ball toward the hoop" philosophy. The persistent 'Cliffe squad simply withstood Brandeis's target practice and converted the wild a shots into rebounds and easy fast-break baskets...
Coach Grant Standbrook will start either Jeff Sollows, who withstood the entire Providence drubbing, or Dan Ringsred, who holds a 5.4 goals-against average, in the nets. Sollows made 43 saves in Dartmouth's last encounter with the Crimson--a 4-2 Harvard victory at Watson on January...
Sadat apparently withstood the new pressure. After a four-hour talk with "my friend Gromyko," Sadat announced that they were agreed only on an "early" resumption of Geneva talks. Meanwhile, Sadat held to his determination to deal first step by step with "my friend Henry." Sadat, however, may feel new pressures from Soviet Party Chief Leonid Brezhnev, who, Gromyko said, intends to visit Cairo "shortly...
...delights me so much," Nelson Rockefeller told the House Judiciary Committee, "as facing up to a complex public issue, with all its confusions, turmoil and intensity, and trying to pull together the human resources to deal with it." That pleasure was put to the test last week, as Rockefeller withstood the most intense interrogation of his career, covering almost every possible substantive issue and personal idiosyncrasy. Fresh from its impeachment triumph, the committee was plainly determined to outdo its Senate counterpart, the Rules Committee, in dissecting the Rockefeller persona and finding out what makes it tick. Rockefeller, on the other...