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With only Captain Jim Miller returning from last year's first boat, the lightweights have a lot of rebuilding to do to live up to its record of four straight victories in the EARC sprints. Commenting on the season's prospects, Coolidge noted, "We've been walking a tight rope for a long, long time and nobody has pushed us off yet, though you can bet they'll be trying...
...huddle breaks with a last blood-curdling yell of "Peace!" and the socialist leaders take up their positions on the East side of the rope, with Khrushchev up front at the handkerchief...
...Western team approaches the rope soberly, with Kennedy taking the position opposite Khrushchev. Now, from the cloud above the gate, the Heavenly Referee descends. It is Jawaharlal Nehru, wearing the official striped shirt of a football referee and the official hat of the Congress Party. In his left hand is an olive branch, in his right a speech; on his hat sits a white dove...
Both sides pull, the rope strains, and the tug-of-war is begun. Mr. Nehru takes out a philosophy book to pass the time. At noon the contest is still fierce. Mr. Nehru is now standing on his head in contemplation. At length the sun casts its red rays over the scene. Taut, the golden roe shimmers in the sunset-taut until, suddenly, it snaps in twain. The handkerchief flutters to the ground. Both teams fall backward in confusion. Nehru turns on his feet to pronounce the decision...
...rope has broken in twain, so must it be with Germany...