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...fail to check Soviet power, we might?like Britain and France after Munich?have to resist later anyway, but in disastrous circumstances. However, if in our effort to contain Moscow we should react rashly, we might re-create 1914, when each camp believed that the time to seek a showdown had come because trends would be unfavorable to it later. Neither appeasement nor provocation should be our motto...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Advice for the New Man | 5/12/1980 | See Source »

...even this showdown featuring the East's cradles of liberty cannot free me from the boredom of the first 46 minutes of each contest...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: A National Bore | 4/25/1980 | See Source »

Even though the crew didn't row particularly well, Stevens expressed confidence about next week's showdown in Connecticut: "I think we'll get them...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Heavy weights Sweep in Weekend Races | 4/21/1980 | See Source »

...oarswomen rather enjoyed the workout; the rain calmed the water, the wind was high, and the prospect of today's season-opening showdown with MIT and Northeastern loomed large...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Oarswomen Ready to Ply the Charles | 4/5/1980 | See Source »

...important primary in 1976, and it probably will be again in 1980.... There's plenty of time for a very intense campaign. And the state is fascinating--it is northeastern, but it has lots of rural areas, big cities and many suburbs. It's a great stage for the showdown...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Gary Orren: From Podium To Practitioner | 3/31/1980 | See Source »

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