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...seal the western Mediterranean and thus neutralize many of the benefits of the North African invasion, the Allies could do very little in advance. Gibraltar and its harbor are already chock-full of defenders. But, at the cost of resources sorely needed in Tunisia, they had to prepare to offset the loss of Gibraltar...
...series of four coalition Governments that have invariably swallowed up his opposition, Bracken was a wise choice for the Tories. They have been unable to outdo the conservatism of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King's Liberal Party. At the same time they have offered no program to offset the "frightening gains" of the mildly socialistic C.C.F. (Cooperative Commonwealth Federation). In Bracken the die-hards saw a realist with statesmanlike qualities that were most eloquently expressed in his backing of the ill-fated Sirois report (TIME, Jan. 27, 1941). Young liberal Tories saw in Bracken at least a partial...
...Pretty damn tough" was his term for a new WLB policy that: 1) practically bars more raises for workers who-under the Little Steel formula-got 15% increases to offset higher living costs; 2) entirely ends raises that might boost prices, hamper the war effort and lure workers from one job to another...
Hoping to offset their defeat at the hands of the Princeton Tigers last Saturday, the Varsity booters will take on an underdog M.I.T. eleven on the soccer field behind the Business School at the new time of 3:30 instead of 4 o'clock as originally scheduled...
Well illustrating the proverb that "a team which won't be beaten can't be beaten," Harvard's football team broke into the win column last Saturday with a stunning victory that jarred 25,000 spectators to their feet and far offset the four previous defeats suffered by the Crimson this season. More than that, the 19 to 14 triumph was a tribute to the spirit of the team and to the coaching skill of Dick Harlow...