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Each member of the six-man UCLA varsity squad is an all-American. The team's top five playas are all ranked among the best 40 net men in the nation. Harvard's own all-American, junior Howard Sands, isn't rated one of the country's top 40, although many feel that he should...
Sharon and Eitan had recommended a modest attack on Palestinian strongholds in retaliation for the entry into the occupied West Bank a few days earlier of a six-man P.L.O. squad from Jordan. The problem, Begin concluded, was that given the state of tension, a small-scale Israeli action would lead to a sharp counterthrust by the P.L.O. and then to a full-scale assault on Lebanon by Israeli forces. For that reason, Begin decided to set aside the proposal - at least...
Then, when Sharon learned a week ago of the six-man P.L.O. infiltration of the West Bank, he swung into action. At a press conference that the daily Ha'aretz described as "overdramatized," defense ministry officials declared since participants in the raid had been trained in Lebanon, the P.L.O. in effect had violated the July 1981 truce in southern Lebanon. As government radio and television commentators cried out Sharon against the summoned P.L.O. "provocation," Sharon summoned Eitan and a small group of generals and intelligence officers. Israeli tanks and troops were al ready moving north. Sharon decided that...
Before this squash season began, coach Dave Fish talked of the dual nature of his team's priorities for the season. Asked which national title was more important to him, the championship based on year long dual match records, or the season-ending intercollegiate six-man tournament, he smilingly chose "whichever...
Take away Bain. and Desaulniers--"I came to the decision I wasn't getting the fullest out of the quote. Harvard experience."--insert Boyum. and you have largely the same group that a year ago dropped only one dual match (Princeton) and captured the intercollegiate six-man championship. Undeniably, the squad is talented and a potential favorite to unseat Princeton and regain the nine-man title it gave up last year...