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Passive Partnership. In the hope that De Gaulle did not really intend to desert NATO, the Allies refrained from forcing a showdown. After all, from a purely military point of view, even a passive partnership was preferable to French neutrality-which would cut the Western alliance in two, isolate each of its three Mediterranean members from West Germany, Britain, Benelux and Scandinavia...
...sheriff when neither he nor white Incumbent Harvey Sadler won a majority in Alabama's May 3 Democratic primary. The county has the highest proportion of Negroes (84%) of any in the U.S., and Negroes hold a 7,000 to 2,000 voter registration advantage. Amerson's showdown victory was still a considerable accomplishment. Few men in the rural South are more powerful than the local sheriff, and the office is the most sacrosanct of white preserves. With no declared opposition remaining, Amerson seems certain to win the November general election...
Today's 4 p.m. game at M.I.T. has the air of a warmup for Wednesday's showdown here against Northeastern. And with Harvard riding a three game losing streak in which it has been outscored 26-7, a warmup is very much needed...
...test will be given at Harvard on the earlier dates. Students were notified last week of the date that they are to appear in Mem Hall for their showdown with Uncle...
...integrated schools. Mrs. Hicks has been dead set in her opposition to that process and her defense of the neighborhood school. If Eisenstadt and the majority of the committee accept a strong imbalance plan, as they seem ready to do, it will be the beginning of a long awaited showdown...