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...election of President Salvador Allende in 1970, Chile's image in the U.S. public eye began to focus sharply. Reports from liberal and conservative sources alike--of which The New York Times was one of the worst--painted Allende as an imposter, a Red opportunist elected on a fluke. He was labelled "Marxist President" Allende to suggest that he was not a president in the sense of a Frei, a Thieu, or a Nixon. He was blamed for Chile's economic distress and for the consequent demonstrations of pot-banging housewives and striking truckers. He was, as The Times wrote...
There is also abundant evidence to debunk the fluke election theory. Unidad Popular, the six-party coalition which backed Allende in 1970, won 51 per cent of the votes in the April 1971 municipal elections. Traditionally, ruling parties lose votes in the mid-term congressional elections; in March 1972, Unidad Popular raised its national vote count to 43 per cent of the total electorate. The right, which expected to take 60 per cent of the vote in 1972 began to fear that UP would win with 75 per cent...
...gotten to the point where the once perennial doormats of the division can knock off the supposed powerhouses...and can say that it wasn't a fluke. This year more than ever the "haves" are being beaten by the "have-nots...
Harvard's Steve Janicek opened the scoring with a fluke goal at 14:41 of the first period, tallying on a 65-foot shot from outside the blue line. The puck hit goalie Jim Madich's stick and bounced up into...
HARVARD-PENN--Which is the fluke, the Dartmouth game or the Cornell game? Harvard showed some of its dangerous old habits last week which undermined the teamwork of the earlier successes. Penn wants the Ivy title and wants it bad. Which means a lot since the game is in Philly. If Harvard allows Penn to grab the lead, look out--it could be a rout. Penn 28, Harvard...