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Back in China after Sun's death, Chiang shrewdly used Communist forces to help rout various warlords and establish his command over Peking in 1928. But in the course of the campaign, he turned on the Communists and eventually drove them into the remote hills of Kiangsi. From that day to this, the two have been at war. In 1936, when Chiang was kidnaped by a group of Nationalist officers who wanted to stop the anti-Communist campaign and unite against the Japanese invaders, he refused to bow. "If you want to shoot me," he said...
...case itself was routine. Specialist Four Henry Rollins, 24, a combat veteran serving his second tour in Viet Nam, was walking with a buddy who wore fatigues but no hat. The absence of the hat meant that Rollins' companion was, technically, in improper uniform. A command sergeant major hailed the G.I.s by shouting, "Hey, soldier!" The pair disregarded the call, which came from behind them. When the sergeant major caught up, a scuffle took place. Rollins decked the noncom. Charged with assaulting a superior and failing to obey an order, Rollins faced a sentence of six months at hard...
...dice. What the dice-ordained life gives Luke is a sense of euphoric irresponsibility and almost infinite possibilities. When the dice order Luke to jog up and down in his office clad in track shorts, the action merely enhances his swiftly growing reputation for eccentricity. But the command to role-play a homosexual means venturing into an unknown area of experience. Luke's awkward attempts to get picked up in a Greenwich Village bar are more raffishly droll than anyone might anticipate...
...Hampshire in 1968 was certainly aided by Harvard professors and their disgust with the war. But those optimistic days have passed, and the Harvard faculty may be abandoning its enthusiasm for the political dogfight. Although McGovern, Muskie and McCarthy have some support here, speeches and position papers no longer command the high priority they once...
...second half, injuries started to haunt Harvard and the game was decided. The Crimson's vaunted defense was riddled with a shot after shot as Penn's attack took command...