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Nonetheless, with the resources of the state behind it and with a large following of peasants and workers, the National Salvation Front seems increasingly confident of a sweeping victory in this weekend's elections. Not even the opposition parties seriously deny that likelihood, although they have hopes that Iliescu will be forced into a runoff for the presidency by failing to win more than 50% of the vote in the first round. It seems a faint hope -- perhaps as faint as the long-term prospects for Western-style democracy in Romania...
Harvard's victory sets the stage for its matchup next Saturday against undefeated Yale in New Haven, a game which in all likelihood will determine the Ivy champion. Suddenly, a Harvard team that was not expected to be too much of a force this season is in a position not only to obtain an NCAA tournament bid, but to finish on top of the strongest league in Division I lacrosse...
...some places the water level has fallen 200 ft., leaving the balance between use and recharge from rainfall in precarious condition. Given a little hot dry weather and good farm prices that encourage increased grain planting, the irrigation pumps will begin to whir, in all likelihood sucking up more water than will be replaced...
...Returning assignments sooner. The report says that "quick turnaround" in handing back assignments is important. The likelihood that one will reread or learn from a corrected assignment goes down the longer it takes to get it back...
...Cleary, commenting on the relative likelihood of Tomassoni succeeding him as hockey coach...