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...setbacks in the 1967 state elections, the four states -West Bengal, Punjab, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh-had ended up with weak, ineffectual governments, which Indira subsequently suspended, placing the states under direct President's Rule. After a period of political fence mending, Indira hoped that her party would regain its dominance in the new elections...
...disappoint them. "If we have one objective, it is to try to cool the overheated economic situation," said Paul McCracken, chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers. The main priority, observed Paul A. Volcker, the Treasury's new Under Secretary for Monetary Affairs, "is to regain control over inflation." Under Secretary of State Elliot Richardson added that "we intend to intensify our efforts to restore price stability and go about it promptly...
Panoff, filling in for Howie Freedman, has been plagued throughout the season with knee injuries. Imrie will be seeking to regain his winning touch, which had kept him undefeated during his Harvard career until last week's fluke defeat against Columbia. Leading his opponent 16-7, Imrie was pinned in the last 15 seconds...
...SFAC seek merely to remove accreditation from ROTC. As the HPC statements says: "Our report is not meant to challenge the existence of ROTC at Harvard, but rather to challenge certain inappropriate aspects of its present status (CRIMSON, 11/15/68). Similarly, the HUC in its statement says: "ROTC could regain all of these privileges by applying for them in the same manner as other Harvard organizations must. . . . These positions, then, in no way challenge the function of ROTC, only its academic status...
...only heavyweight to lose and regain his title...