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...they can to liberalize rules, and they see merit in retaining stern discipline. A West Point cadet was dismissed last month because he had claimed to have shined his shoes, then voluntarily admitted that he had lied. But cadets can wear blazers on weekends, the high, stiff uniform collars are gone and, notes one colonel in a swipe at Zumwalt and Westmoreland, "We removed reveille two years ago, but we didn't call a press conference to announce...
...with jolting lefts. Oscar, a 6-to-1 underdog, kept wading in, pounding away at the body until, by the eighth round, Ali was noticeably slowed. In the ninth−the round Ali predicted he would knock out Oscar−Muhammad came alive briefly, rocked Bonavena with a stiff right and then was tagged himself by a thunderous left hook. "For a moment," Ali said later, "I thought I was predictin' on myself...
...creates towers, churches and cities; in the East, mountains, rivers and gardens." The great Hindu poet Rabindranath Tagore suggested that the East produced a "whole man," the West only an "economic man." Indeed, despite missionaries' ability to find cultural accommodation with the East, Catholicism would still have faced stiff resistance. At root, Asian religion sees the individual as an inconsequential part of the cosmos, while Christianity emphasizes the uniqueness of the individual-a basic difference not easily overcome...
...team will face a stiff challenge from Andover immediately following the varsity match. Andover defeated the Crimson freshman team last Wednesday, 4-3, and the JV squad will be without any of the top ten Harvard players facing Army...
...Harvard sailors were hampered by severe weather conditions and unfamiliarity with the East River. On Saturday large wayes bothered the New England teams, and a stiff 30 mile-an-hour wind on Sunday especially hurt Reeve and Putnam-the lightest combination in the regatta...