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Kouandété, 30, is becoming quite a President-maker-and unmaker. He masterminded the 1967 coup against General Christophe Soglo, who had himself overthrown three previous Presidents. Kouandété replaced Soglo with Zinsou, who struggled to overcome Dahomey's budget deficit of $3,000,000 by cutting government salaries and freezing wages. He succeeded only in setting off a series of strikes. His undoing came when word leaked out that he planned to cut the army's size and replace Kouandété. Despite the drawbacks of the job, the candidates are already...
Since 1966, the competition between the Harvard and Penn heavyweight crews has resembled a game of "king on the mountain." Each Spring a Quaker boat stronger than the previous year's has challenged the Crimson's hold on the national title...
...Engineers are an improved team compared to previous M. I. T. squads and should provide adequate competition, especially in the foil. "They say their foils are pretty good, but I don't buy that," Marion said. "However, they have several experienced men and eventually could wind up better than us this season." he added...
...first time this year. Harvard will forfeit the 134-pound class. Senior Bill Wasserstrom, who replaced Monsulik after he Wesleyan meet, aggravated a knee injury and is out for the season. Wasserstrom was pinned in both of his previous appearances...
...nonwhite. A 1969, Cambridge census shows a black population of at least 7 per cent, probably somewhat higher. Combined figures for the two cities show that as of the late 1960's at least 15-16 per cent of the population is nonwhite. We also know from previous Census work that black residents are systematically undercounted in censuses (transiency, intentional avoidance of surveys, discrimination on the part of surveyors, etc.) by about 10 per cent. The notion of merely proportional representation in construction jobs is probably faulty, too, considering the far greater underrepresentation and lower potential for representation in white...