Word: delanoe
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...even count ballots. Worst of all, they make a travesty of popular government by giving the leadership of the free world to the guy who came in second. On a smaller scale, but with huge political implications, the same thing happened in Paris last week: Socialist Bert-rand Delanoë won only 49.6% of the popular vote but picked up a majority of municipal council seats because of a precinct-based voting system roughly similar to the U.S. Electoral College. So much for the French lesson in democracy...
...partying went on until 2 a.m. in front of the Hôtel de Ville, Paris' city hall, as Delanoë made a victory speech and accordionists entertained champagne-swilling supporters of his Socialist-Communist-Green coalition. But while they celebrated wresting control of the French capital from the Gaullist Rally for the Republic party that has ruled it for nearly a quarter century, elsewhere the picture was bleak. In the voting for mayors and city councils of 36,000 municipalities, Gaullist and center-right parties took 38 large and midsize cities from the left and lost only...
Capitalizing on Harvard's offensive drought, Notre Dame cranked up the intensity and pulled away in the final frame. Goals from O'Shaughnessy, Kassen Delano, Kelly McCardell and Alissa Moser distanced the Irish from the Crimson as the game wore down to a close...
...women by how they look in bathing suits--and turn it into something boring, with dance numbers. Plus, all the contestants are teenagers who look like 40-year-old anchorwomen and talk a lot about Jesus. You don't have to deal with that by the pool at the Delano...
...women by how they look in bathing suits--and turn it into something boring, with dance numbers. Plus, all the contestants are teenagers who look like 40-year-old anchorwomen and talk a lot about Jesus. You don't have to deal with that by the pool at the Delano...