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...being effectively challenged from both the left and the right. On the left, his closest rival, perennial Socialist Candidate François Mitterrand, 64, a narrow loser in the presidential election of 1974 and parliamentary vote of 1978, has been gnawing away at Giscard's centrist support. Behind him, Communist Candidate Georges Marchais, 60, is fighting to improve on the 20.55% his party obtained in 1978. On the right, Paris Mayor Jacques Chirac, 48, leader of the Neo-Gaullists, has made surprising advances among conservatives and suddenly emerged as a still unlikely, but just possible, second-round challenger...
...Estaing, he proclaimed, was "the champion of the insolent and decadent aristocracy that dominates France." He reminded his audience that "the people rose up and assaulted the Bastille" in 1789, sweeping away "the old rotten regime." Then he turned with equal antagonism on the other main candidate, Socialist Leader François Mitterrand. Heaping scorn on his former partner in the now defunct coalition of leftist parties, Marchais disparaged Mitterrand's socialist and working-class credentials. "He passes his time soliciting the confidence of the business community," said Marchais. He went on to urge his troops to turn...
Marchais bills himself as the "anti-Giscard candidate," but the non-Communist French press routinely describes his speeches as "doubletalk." One prominent Socialist leader goes so far as to call him a "Janus, who has two faces: one the anti-Giscard candidate, the other turned against François Mitterrand." Pundits insist that Marchais actually has a carefully masked preference for the re-election of the conservative Giscard over the leftist Mitterrand. His main reason, they reckon: the fear that a Socialist victory would severely undercut the influence of the smaller Communist Party and relegate it to a helpless neither...
...offensive side, the Crimson needs the usual strong game out of leading scorers Francesca Den Hartog, Maureen Finn, and Cat Ferrante. The offense will depend on the same cutting rotation passing attack that hammered UNH with 35 shots. If things get tight, though, look for Den Hartog as the "Fran Without Ollie Show," which is always at its best during prime time...
Although Crimson coach Carole Kleinfelder told her team during the intermission "to get everything off the pass," the "Fran without Ollie Show" continued to grab high ratings as Den Hartog slipped through the porous defense to open the second halfs scoring...