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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Representatives. Traditionally, the position should have gone to the chosen candidate of the Assembly's leading political party-in this case, the Gaullists, who won 25 more seats in parliament than Giscard's Union pour la Démocratic Française. Instead, there was a dramatic contest over the presidency involving Gaullist Leader Jacques Chirac and Giscard. Chirac's candidate, incumbent Assembly President Edgar Faure, 69, was pitted against Giscard's unavowed but clear choice, Jacques Chaban-Delmas, 63. Although Chirac instructed his Gaullist Assembly members to vote for Faure, at least twelve of them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Chaban's Return | 4/17/1978 | See Source »

...Scarlet Knights, judging by their recent two-tenths of a second loss to San Diego Class lightweight champ Pennsylvania, should prove formidable adversaries, while Columbia (not quite the 'gem of the ocean') should not be a problem in the 2000-meter contest...

Author: By Jonathan J. Ledecky, | Title: Harvard Crews Open Regular Season | 4/15/1978 | See Source »

Once Harvard succumbed in the first doubles, the match was all wrapped up for the Quakers, but the most exciting contest of the day was still in progress...

Author: By Laura E. Schanberg, | Title: Netwomen Fall, 6-3 | 4/15/1978 | See Source »

...Meyer and Leslie Miller captured the first set, squeaking by Maura Williams and Gwenn Light, 7-5, before dropping the second, 4-6. With the game score in the final set at six-all, the duo from Penn won a nine-point tiebreaker, 5-2, to win the contest and bring the match contest...

Author: By Laura E. Schanberg, | Title: Netwomen Fall, 6-3 | 4/15/1978 | See Source »

Freshman Wendy Sonnabend opened the Crimson attack early in the first half of the varsity contest, taking a pass from Ellen Seidler and drilling home a shot from the right side...

Author: By Keith Salkowski, | Title: 'Cliffe Lacrosse Thrashes Bowdoin, 8-1; Freshman Velie Notches a Hat Trick | 4/13/1978 | See Source »

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