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...Elbow. Erhard's decision to avoid a showdown brought sighs of relief from the Brutuses within his party who had been fearful of the consequences to their own reputations if they bloodied their hands in public. But there was little chance that Erhard would succeed in forming a new coalition government...
...action last week, Brown defeated Cornell, 6-0, to set up this week's showdown. Columbia stayed close behind in second with a narrow 2-1 win over Dartmouth, and Penn and Yale fought...
...Harvard soccer team disposed of Princeton, 2-0, Saturday morning, clearing the way for the showdown with Brown here next weekend. Harvard and Brown are tied for first in Ivy play with identical records...
...crackdown came at a time when the main contenders were digging in for a possible new showdown between the Saudi-supported royalists and the Nasser-linked regime. Though Nasser has pared his forces from 70,000 men to 40,000, he noisily threatens to attack the Saudi Arabian border towns supplying the royalists. For his part Saudi King Feisal is arming for more trouble. On top of a long-range $500 million arms package signed last December with the U.S. and Britain, Feisal recently signed an additional smaller arms deal with Britain, for 36 Thunderbird antiaircraft missiles and ten rocket...
Brown continued to match Harvard's undefeated record in Ivy League soccer last week on its way to a showdown match in Cambridge...