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...enlisted personnel are black. The blacks insist that they are assigned the most menial tasks and receive harder punishment than whites for equal offenses. Says Lonnie Brown: "Two men have to chip down a wall. The black man will be told to get up on the ladder and chip above his head. The white guy will chip from the waist down. When that happens constantly, you know what's happening...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED SERVICES: Keelhauling the United States Navy | 11/27/1972 | See Source »

...outcome was close but not that close. Doyle got to get up on the ladder and cut a piece of the net. I got a consoling pat on the back and a soft-toned "nice...

Author: By M. DEACON Dake, | Title: Tom Doyle: From Golden Dome to Ivied Walls | 11/25/1972 | See Source »

Aboard the night ferry to Martha's Vineyard, a strange voice called out to World Bank President Robert S. McNamara that a phone call awaited him in the wheelhouse. As the former Defense Secretary started up the ladder, a young man attacked him and tried to throw him overboard. At 56, McNamara is still a strenuous New Frontier-era skiing and mountain-climbing enthusiast; he easily beat off the younger man, whose agility appeared somewhat addled by wine. The unidentified attacker was then restrained by friends. Why the attack? Apparently McNamara has dismayed the Vineyard's community...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Oct. 23, 1972 | 10/23/1972 | See Source »

That court would be the U.S. Supreme Court, the only one remaining in the long legal ladder Popkin has been climbing since last year. And despite the Supreme Court's decisions this summer on newsmen's sources. Popkin seemed to indicate that he saw a reasonable chance that he could obtain a stay from the court, have his case heard, and even come out on top. Calling the Appeals Court order "neither a setback nor a go-ahead." Popkin said: "What they said shouldn't be seen as a plus or a minus: it's just that I have...

Author: By Richard J. Meislin, | Title: Popkin Enters Last Ditch Stage | 10/21/1972 | See Source »

Jones' strong performance is his second in a row and solidifies his position at the top of the Harvard ladder...

Author: By E.j. Dionne, | Title: Harriers Smash Hapless Brown, 15-48 | 10/14/1972 | See Source »

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