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After disastrous opening meets, in which Harvard finished tenth and twelfth, the team sent six sailors to a three-crew team race at Tufts and withstood challenges from Boston University and Tufts to win the event with seven points. B.U. ended up with five points and Tufts with three...
...tier system of gold prices last week withstood the first important test of its ability to survive...
...years since Albert Einstein published his general theory of relativity, it has withstood determined attacks and ingenious experiments by other scientists anxious to test its validity. Although no experimental results have contradicted the theory, they have not been precise enough to rule out opposing theories that differ in small but significant details. Now a new technique has been used to check out Einstein: interplanetary radar. Preliminary radar tests also have failed to find a flaw in general relativity, a scientist from Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Lincoln Laboratory announced last week, and radar soon should provide results accurate enough...
Under Jenkins' velvet exterior, though, ripples a thick political hide. As Aviation Minister in 1965-he became Home Secretary the same year-Jenkins withstood heavy Tory fire for canceling construction of three new types of planes and insisting that the British aviation industry reorganize. He firmly believes that the British people will accept sacrifices, provided that these will bring a "sharp break with the weaknesses of the past." The British learned a little bit more last week about just how much they will be asked to sacrifice. Partly in order to get a $1.4 billion credit from the International...
...there remained the single strongest tactic available to the UFWOC: the boycott. While strikes are easy to overcome in unregulated industries, a national boycott of the producers' goods can only be withstood for a relatively short time. The scandalous publicity and economic loss of a boycott brought Schenley to its knees a year...