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...Begin's return, two Israeli newspapers published interviews with Weizman calling for a "national peace government" to replace the present coalition headed by Begin. Though Weizman went to some effort to deny it, the maneuver appeared to be the opening round in a serious challenge by the popular former fighter pilot to Begin's leadership. A broad coalition government was needed, Weizman told the newspaper Ma 'ariv, because "we are at the height of a confrontation with the U.S. such as Israel has never experienced before." But, lest anybody think he was Washington's candidate...
...elections gave Giscard both a popular mandate and the political means to pursue his oft-repeated determination to "modernize French political life." This meant that the President intended to substitute a political consensus for the left-right polarization that has characterized French history. But ever since his 1974 election, Giscard has been thwarted. On the one hand, a strong Gaullist contingent rejected his proposals for reform; on the other, the leftist opposition consistently refused Giscard's overtures, in the hope of gaining power itself...
Despite his victory, Giscard was aware that the election results could be read as a warning as well as a mandate. The popular vote in the runoff dramatically illustrated this: 14.8 million voted for Giscard's center-right, 13.9 million for the other side. Accordingly, in an arresting, postelection appearance on nationwide television last week, Giscard made his first conciliatory move toward the left. Looking relaxed and confident, he extended an open hand. "I am addressing myself to those who voted for the opposition; it was your right. But you should know that for the President of the republic...
...everybody's surprise, showed the left to be in perilous trouble. Many pointed to the false expectations generated by France's public opinion polls. For more than a year, they had consistently predicted that the leftist coalition plus the ultras would win 50% to 52% of the popular vote as against 45% for the combined center-right parties. But the left coalition actually trailed the center-right...
Most freshmen put their favorite House first, and then used one of a number of popular strategies to avoid being placed in their least favorite Houses (read: Radcliffe Quadrangle), One such ploy was to put a so called "safe" House second or third--a phenomenon that apparently accounts for the over 50 per cent of freshmen who listed the traditionally less popular Mather House in one of the top three slots...