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Only the far-right National Front of Jean-Marie Le Pen, the other "winner" of the election, with a surprising 14.5% of the vote in the first round, declared full and outright opposition. Le Pen, who on election night pugnaciously called the rest of the political right "suicidal" and the "dumbest in the world" for refusing a pact with him, thrust himself forward as leader of the "national, popular opposition" and the "only real alternative to Socialist power...
...loss closed out an outstanding season for Harvard. The squad posted a 12-3 record, and reached the NCAA semifinals for the first time since 1981. In addition, the Crimson went 6-0 in the Ivy League to nab its first outright crown since...
...good deal of credit for the Crimson's success this year--Harvard wrapped up its first outright Ivy League title since 1985 a week ago--must go to goalie Kelly Dermody. Dermody was in net the year Harvard lost to Dartmouth in 1985, the first time in six years the Crimson failed to win the Ivy title. Since then, Dermody has helped lead Harvard to a share of the Ivy crown last year and an outright league title this year...
...know, for instance, of one unhappy room down the hall which recently, in its capacity as Hole #12 in an all-hall tourney of 18-hole Beer Golf, played host to a circle of drunken funsters. One of these revellers, from another school no less, temporarily transformed into an outright hooligan by the sauce, relieved himself against the wall of my hallmates' common room...
...function of the yen's almost twofold appreciation against the greenback since 1985. According to the OECD, Tokyo's aid level in 1986 increased 48.4% in dollar terms but only 4.8% in Japanese currency. Moreover, Japanese development assistance has traditionally included a higher percentage of loans, as opposed to outright grants, than...