Word: offing
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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Captain Nick Estabrook, wrestling in the 137-pound division, is the only senior in the starting lineup and one of five seniors on the 17-man squad. He is joined by other returning lettermen, although just one of these is on the first string with him.
Our task now, Isaacs declared, is a "realistic definition of the American image, not merely an alteration of our ideals to meet another's forms." If the United States were itself clear about its image, he maintained, people would not question it. "Certainly we are going to flounder around," he...
Disagreeing with Isaacs, George Pettingill, director of the International Student Association in Cambridge declared, "We must listen to what other nations desire in us. We cannot talk to ourselves alone." One of the basic problems in transmitting our image, he declared, is that we are too self-assured in our...
Americans have an added problem in defending their ideals to the rest of the world, Pettingill maintained, because of racial and cultural ties with Europe. New nations expect a positive stand against colonialism. Our political ties with their former colonial rulers blur the line between the United States and France...
A young varsity wrestling team, composed almost entirely of sophomores and juniors opens its 1960-41 season with a dual meet at M.I.T. tonight.