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Election officials said peak voting in the eight-hour voting day normally occurs in the early afternoon, but unusually large numbers of voters were standing in line before the schoolhouse polls opened. Millions walked, rode in ox carts or took ferry boats tocast ballots in one of the most importantelections in Philippine history...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Violence Erupts As Filipinos Cast Ballots | 2/7/1986 | See Source »

During the eight-hour session, Peres was adamant that the U.N. speech violated no such policy. On Monday in the Knesset, he railed against anyone who would "pile obstacles on the road to the peace process." Legislators apparently were impressed. By a 68-to-10 vote of the 120-member chamber, they endorsed a resolution in support of Peres' U.N. speech before voting down the Tehiya no-confidence motion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East Maneuvering for Position | 11/11/1985 | See Source »

Generations of doctors have experienced the nightmarish rites of passage through medical school--eight-hour lecture days, and an insurmountable barricade of raw knowledge...

Author: By James E. Schwartz, | Title: Harvard Paves a 'New Pathway' | 11/6/1985 | See Source »

HARVARD 6, CORNELL 0: The Crimson hasn't won on artificial turf in four years. And the eight-hour bus ride won't help, either. So it won't be 77-0, but it'll still be a shutout...

Author: By Bob Cunha, | Title: No More Cakewalks for Gridders | 10/12/1985 | See Source »

...each passenger in his car. Next comes a pickup carrying six teenage Mexican girls, all trim in their red vests. They are returning to Juarez from their classes at a Roman Catholic girls school in El Paso. Behind them is Yolanda Rivas, who is heading home after an eight-hour shift in an El Paso clothing factory, where she earns $135 a week sewing trousers, a job that would pay $30 a week in Juarez. So it goes, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Says Veronica Jacquez, 24, a native of El Paso who is personal secretary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Border Symbiosis | 7/8/1985 | See Source »

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