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...Aviv military command, however, said its armored forces had broken Egypt's momentum by knocking out 100 Egyptian tanks and driving a wedge all the way to the eastern bank of the canal. The Israelis also reported that their commando task force on the western side of the canal had been reinforced and was attacking targets in the rear...
With a plot devoid of suspense, an air of regality is of the essence. Eileen Herlie strives for imperiousness and achieves glacial suburban pomposity. George Grizzard suggests a jaunty detached habit of command, but any show of passion is dissipated in petulance. All in all, one has the unsettling impression that a pickup cast of stewards and maids from the crew of the Queen Elizabeth II could have mimicked royalty more convincingly...
...shortages: price controls. Critics charge that by preventing companies from raising prices of finished products as high as the market will bear, the controls have also made it impossible for American industrialists to pay the high prices that such materials as copper, cotton, wool, lumber and chemicals now command on world markets. Inevitably, the goods are being carried off by foreign buyers, especially the Japanese. ("The Japanese have bought up every pound of wool in the world!" a New York buyer hyperbolically exclaims.) Says Alan Greenspan, a member of TIME's Board of Economists: "We have prices being suppressed...
...Point. The astronauts admitted that there had been mental strains in space. Bean reported that the "low point" in morale came early in the mission when problems with the Apollo command ship's rocket-control system raised fears that the flight might have to be prematurely ended, perhaps with the help of a rescue mission. But there were also lesser tensions. "We tended to get a little short with one another," Bean explained. "It would kind of build up over three or four days. [Then] it would always reach a little climax where we would kind of fuss with...
...Harvard offense responded to the Van Niel goal with more unrelenting pressure on Columbia, picking up several corner kicks as it looked for the insurance tally. With Harvard in complete command and holding a wide territorial edge, the Crimson fullbacks became more offensive-minded and the strategy paid off for the final goal...