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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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pyrrhic Victories | 4/2/2001 | See Source »

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...

Author: By Daniel E. Fernandez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fighting Irish Succeeds Against W. Lacrosse | 3/19/2001 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miss Get-Me-the-Hell-Out-of-Here | 3/12/2001 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miss Get-Me-the-Hell-Out-of-Here | 3/12/2001 | See Source »

...fact, both Delanoë and Séguin promise to fight pollution and crime, improve schools and reduce taxes. At a press lunch last week, Séguin acknowledged the similarities but insisted that the real question was which candidate had "the capacity to put his promises into effect." As to his election chances, Séguin admitted he was "not in a comfortable situation" but predicted a "crystallization" of support in the final weeks. "If we don't win," he added with disarming candor, "the media and public opinion will see it as a sign of weakness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Paris Turning? | 3/5/2001 | See Source »

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