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These sideshows occurred as far away as Indochina and were distinguished by no memorable faces or names. So they were merely grim diversions this summer, though in calmer, more thoughtful times, these atrocities might have evoked determined calls for impeachment. Already satiated with scandal, Americans meekly accepted the rest of the bad news...

Author: By --thomas H. Lee jr., | Title: Nixon's Fall | 9/19/1973 | See Source »

These are chilling winds so soon after the summer, though they must be blessed relief to some brows. But most Americans are raised to seek the sun and its warmth, and for these Americans, the grim prophecy of so cool a fall is clear. There is a long barren winter ahead in American politics...

Author: By --thomas H. Lee jr., | Title: Nixon's Fall | 9/19/1973 | See Source »

...Grim Warning. Luckily, they did not shoot. They set deadline after dead line for the arrival of the plane and their departure, and each time one deadline expired they set another. About 27 hours after they entered the embassy. Syrian Arab Airlines had provided a Caravelle jet and the French government had arranged for safe transit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TERRORISM: Crime and the Punishment | 9/17/1973 | See Source »

Moving back to defense the picture, fortunately, is not nearly so grim. All-Ivy Ric Scott has graduated and, continuing a tradition started last year by All-American fullback Cris Wilmot, has stayed on as an assistant coach. The other two positions, however, will be capably filled by returning starter Brian Fearnett and Lawsun Wulsin, who began to see a lot of playing time at the end of last season. Steve Mead will be fighting Wulsin for a starting position in the three-man defense Munro has tentatively decided to employ in this year's 4-3-3 alignment...

Author: By Charles B. Straus, | Title: Graduation Thins Ranks; Soccer Script May Vary | 9/17/1973 | See Source »

...WILL the Left counter this anticipated appeal? Most likely, the rebuttal will consist of a grim recital of the facts. The ROTC program at Harvard before the Indochina War obviously did nothing to mitigate the horrors of the war. As for the humanity of Harvard men, no statistics exist for the incidence of atrocities among ground troops, but at the top of the command chain the criminal venture was planned by Harvard men--McGeorge Bundy, former dean of the Faculty, Robert MacNamara, a graduate of the Business School, and later Henry A. Kissinger '50, a former professor of Government...

Author: By Daniel Swans, | Title: What Will Happen | 9/17/1973 | See Source »

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