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...Harvard women's water polo team will be hosting its only regular-season tournament of the year this weekend at Blodgett Pool. Play gets under way this evening, with the Crimson facing frequent foe MIT at 5 p.m., and Rhode Island...
...Rally for the Republic party, Chirac only hours before had been named Premier by Socialist President Francois Mitterrand. For the first time in the 28-year history of the Fifth Republic, the nation's President was forced to preside over a government formed by a political rival and ideological foe. "The French must understand," Chirac declared, "that the moment has come to put an end to divisions and to rally together in a spirit of mutual tolerance for the renewal of our country...
...with ties to President Mitterrand. Opposition leaders charged that the new channel would have a pro- Socialist bias and that it was being rushed on the air to beat the March 16 legislative elections, which the Socialists are in danger of losing. Paris Mayor Jacques Chirac, a leading Mitterrand foe, even tried to thwart the channel's start-up by closing access to the top of the Eiffel Tower, where technicians were about to install an antenna. Government officials stepped in to have it reopened...
...several obstacles still stand in the way of a successful Texas Air- Eastern merger. For one thing, Lorenzo, who has long been viewed as a foe of organized labor, could have trouble making peace with Eastern's unions. The airline narrowly averted threatened strikes last week by the pilots and flight attendants, but the uncertainty surrounding the carrier has made many passengers wary of flying Eastern...
Times have changed. When Gorbachev concluded his marathon 5 1/2-hour keynote speech last week, he had proved beyond a doubt that he is a determined foe of social corruption and economic inefficiency. He demanded radical improvements in the feeble Soviet agricultural program and lashed out against the misuse of power by Soviet officials. He also etched an acid appraisal of the 18-year rule of the late Leonid Brezhnev, who presided over the 26th Congress in 1981. Back then, laughter from delegates would have been unthinkable...