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...that the French were not deceived by the demagogic promises with which the left hoped to seduce them," said Premier Raymond Barre, adding prudently that "nothing is lost, but nothing is won yet." Although the leftist momentum had been arrested, there were a number of constituencies where the second-round election would be decided by the narrowest of margins. "If just a few of our supporters decide to go fishing on March 19, we could still lose," declared a centrist campaign aide. To prevent a diminution of the 29 million first-round turnout, 15 center-right Cabinet ministers stormed...
...last pre-election polls had given the combined left a substantial lead over the center-right parties. But it was far from clear whether a first-round victory would foreshadow a leftist triumph in the crucial second-round ballot next Sunday. Much would depend on whether the feuding Socialists and Communists could patch up their differences and agree to support each other in the Sunday runoff. If the left were to have any chance of winning, each of the two parties would have to withdraw its candidate in districts where the other's candidate had won in the first...
...past, such deals have made the second-round vote a direct duel between right and left in most districts. This year, however, Communist Chief Georges Marchais has threatened to upset the usual pattern. In his feud with Socialist François Mitterrand, he has warned that if his Communists do not gain at least 21% of the vote in the first round, he may not withdraw his candidates in districts where Socialists run ahead. In many areas this would result in three-way races - Communists v. Socialists v. center-right candidates - a situation that would give the non-leftists...
Singles players Todd Lundy and Kevin Shaw took their first-round matches before losing close second-round contests--Lundy in a cliffhanger--while Lundy and Andy Chaikovsky dropped their first-round doubles match...
Doubles teams of Lundy-Chaikovsky ("A"), Shaw-Walker ("B"), and Greg Kirsch-Jim Curley ("C"), all faltered in second-round matches, leaving Harvard entrenched far down in the standings...