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...results rolled in, one question was foremost in everyone's mind: After Saturday's defeat, is there a credible scenario in which McCain could win the Republican nomination? "Not really," says TIME chief political correspondent Eric Pooley. "At this point, a McCain candidacy becomes almost inconceivable...
However, Brown has also built up considerable momentum, coming off a convincing 6-1 defeat of Dartmouth last Saturday, easily dominating the same team that gave Harvard its most recent loss. Brown followed the Dartmouth game with an 11-0 pummeling of Boston College Sunday...
...Iranian people to make their voices heard. And that's a prospect that has the country's conservative political clergy understandably nervous. Last time voters were presented with such an opportunity, the conservatives allied with the country's supreme spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ali Khameini, suffered a humiliating defeat, as 70 percent of the voters chose the reformist Mohammed Khatami over the candidate endorsed by Khameini. This time, even though the conservatives managed to axe more than 1,000 liberal candidates before the election, the margin of their defeat may be even higher...
Denham's rallying speech apparently had a direct impact on the Crimson's defense. Blocks by junior co-captain Justin Micomonaco, Herger, and Denham allowed the Crimson to defeat the Engineers 15-13 in the final game...
...Maoist guerrilla leader, Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe set about winning over the countryside first and gradually encircling the beleaguered white settler minority in the towns. But the war of liberation ended 20 years ago - Mugabe has been president ever since - and its victor on Tuesday suffered a historic defeat at the hands of the black urban poor. The president's authoritarian constitutional proposals (which included the right to summarily dissolve parliament) were rejected by 55 percent of voters, despite Mugabe's attempt to woo his traditional peasant support base with a promise to nationalize the country...