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...days before the balloting he said, "There is not even a hypothetical possibility that the ((opposition)) could win" -- it is difficult to know precisely why Chamorro triumphed. Possibly the vote was an endorsement of her calls to abolish the military draft, establish peace and allow private enterprise to flourish -- the mainstay of her ill-conceived, disorganized campaign. It seems just as likely, however, that the vote was not so much for Chamorro as against the Sandinistas. Finding Nicaragua's economic and political conditions revolting, voters may simply have revolted with their ballots. If so, Chamorro may find her mandate slipping...
GLAAD members have personally witnessed Crimson reporter Josh Gerstein staked out near the Science Center bathroom, terrifying anyone who uses the facility with questions for the Crimson's pages. If the Crimson applied this sort of persistance evenly without regard for sexual orientation, date rape would not flourish as it does at Harvard...
...Permit the seniors, especially Brian Mackey and Steve Bowsher, to start the game and keep the team close during their stint," the angel continued. "and unlike last night, allow Harvard to finish the first half with a flourish...
Instead, the 463-page diary is best regarded as an example of a literary and intellectual way of life that will never again flourish in American society. More than anything else, the diary succeeds in conveying the network of personal and professional ties that bound together the elites from many different worlds into a close-knit bunch that ate and drank, gossiped and traveled together despite ideological differences...
...Representative Chester Atkins (D-MA) spoke of An Wang, a refugee from Shang-Hai who founded Wang Laboratories in Atkins' home district, Lowell, as an example of how immigrants can flourish in local economies...