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...when Lebed joined with Yeltsin, he not be given a government position until after the election was decided. Our polling showed that about 2% of voters would shy away from Yeltsin if that happened. On that point, we were ignored." Lebed won a startling 15% of the first-round vote, and in a dramatic move, Yeltsin almost immediately thereafter appointed him his national security adviser. According to an exit poll, 56% of those who voted for Lebed in the first round voted for Yeltsin in the runoff...
June 16 was a horrific day. As the first-round vote approached, Yeltsin's support softened. It had been built up, virtually a point at a time, over three months. It was eroding now as Lebed gained. The Americans' private polls indicated only a 5-point lead for Yeltsin over Zyuganov. The two candidates who received the most votes in the first round would go to the runoff, and Yeltsin was almost certain to make the cut. Finishing second to Zyuganov would be a stunning blow to his momentum. A low turnout could produce exactly that result, and the first...
Eckert says becoming the Crimson's all-time scoring leader during the NCAA first-round win over Hofstra was a "tremendous honor," but was not the high point of the season...
...EITA), which is ranked 22nd in the nation, earned its right to the Sweet Sixteen by defeating Virginia Tech and No. 12 Florida in the Regionals of the NCAA Tournament last weekend at Harvard. There were eight such regionals across the nation, and eight other teams recieved first-round byes...
When the annual NCAA men's basketball tournament tipped off Thursday, Harvard found itself analyzing brackets, learning more about the dribbling acumen of Austin Peay's point guard, watching CBS non-stop, and yes, even, cheering for hated Princeton in their first-round game against last year's national champion, UCLA...