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Divided as it is, the opposition could still cut into Shagari's support enough to deny him an outright victory. Nigeria's constitution requires that a presidential candidate must win both a plurality of the popular vote and 25% of the ballots in two-thirds of the states. The law was designed to ensure that presidential candidates would seek support nationwide and come to office with broad backing. If Shagari or any other candidate fails to meet that requirement, the political horse trading could go on for months-at great peril to the country's hard...
...around on thrones as if they were kings or gods, as being nothing more than just another cultural, joke, or perhaps a simple outlet for the divergent humor of some member of the Lampoon staff, then we are allowing a painful history of cruel persecution through colonization, degradation, and outright humiliation to be abused once again. We just can't allow people to go on ignoring the vital lessons which should have been learned from our painful history and the many horrible wounds that it has left us with. Although it may seem insufficient and even unrealistic, the fact...
...ticking bomb for human beings if it is accumulated over the years." The sample fish in the study were bottom feeders, such as carp and catfish, which scavenge in slimy sediment, where dioxin tends to settle. Cautious environmental officials renewed warnings against eating fish from the Tittabawassee, though no outright ban has been declared. The exact health risk from dioxin absorbed by fish has not been determined...
...pressure from hard-line P.L.O. factions who oppose negotiations under U.S. auspices. At a meeting in Algiers last February of the Palestine National Council, the de facto P.L.O. parliament, Arafat had hoped to obtain backing for joint P.L.O.-Jordanian initiatives. But although Arafat won a minor victory in blocking outright rejection of the Reagan plan, the P.L.O. would not surrender its representation of the Palestinians. Says a U.S. diplomat in Washington: "It confirmed Arafat's leadership but left him, and us, uncertain about how much room he has to maneuver...
...quickly as the Crimson had dashed Penn's hopes of an outright Ivy League title. Princeton did the same to Harvard--sending the lax women back to Cambridge with a disappointing 0-2-1 spring trip record...