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...successfully endured this 1988 election, if only because its corrupt and fraudulent electoral tactics have enabled it once again to win. History has shown that the party which counts the votes is seldom a loser, but history is known to change. The PRI has proven that it can be somewhat flexible, but unless it lets down its rigid defense of power it will not last long...

Author: By Katherine E. Bliss, | Title: Ignoring Possible Change | 7/15/1988 | See Source »

...Seattle-based company's 747 and 767 models. ILFC ordered 78 737s, nine 757s, nine 767s and four 747s for $3.7 billion. Europe's Airbus, which has been making inroads in the U.S. market, expressed satisfaction with its $1.3 billion share of the ILFC contract. The only real loser was St. Louis-based McDonnell Douglas. It too bid for the order, but came away with nothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AIRCRAFT: A Bundle Of Boeings | 5/30/1988 | See Source »

...some kind of loser?" Spitting at the people who give you this hassle won't help, but sometimes if you give them a dollar they'll at least go away...

Author: By Eric Pulier, | Title: The Stigma of a Harvard Degree | 5/25/1988 | See Source »

Burke is a good-humored loser. "I lost to the box," he says, as he hands in his scorecard. "If it reaches the point where a computer becomes the world chess champion, I guess that would take some of the fun out of the game. But then I suppose we'd all get used to it as just one more thing computers can do better than us." Will a computer ever threaten the likes of Gary Kasparov? "No," argues former World Champ Tal. "Chess cannot be put down simply as algorithms. Chess takes imagination. The computer does not have imagination...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Chicago: Playing Hitech Computer Chess | 5/16/1988 | See Source »

Harvard came back with five runs off starter and loser Rob Deans (3-8) in the bottom of the third inning. The big blow for the Crimson was a bases-loaded double by Co-Captain Frank Morelli...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Batsmen Sweep Red; Swept by Tigers | 5/9/1988 | See Source »

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