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...Cutting short a visit to the U.S., Begin flew back to Israel and rushed straight to the Knesset, where a seven-hour debate on his economic policies was already under way. As the gallery buzzed with excitement, a roll call of the Knesset kept Begin in power by the slimmest margin yet, 57 to 54. Afterward he tried to be philosophical: "As Winston Churchill used to say, in a democracy, one [vote] is enough...
...breaking away, Anderson turned the 1980 campaign into an exercise of total unpredictability. As he well knows, he has only the slimmest chance of winning the presidency. Just getting on the ballot will require him to wage a long guerrilla campaign through a swamp of bewilderingly complex state election laws, and he will get no federal cash because he is not running as a party man. Historically, voters regard an independent candidacy as hopeless and make their choice between the major-party nominees...
...slimmest of margins, a Harvard playoff berth once again may be feasible...
Princeton, with its four 200-yd. freestyle finalists, seemed unbeatable in the distance relay, but Harvard's Bobby Hackett grabbed a five-yard lead on the opening leg and his teammates (Julian Mack, Jack Gauthier and Mike Coglin) staved off a late Princeton challenge to win by the slimmest of margins, 6:41.84 to 6:41.87. Both teams' performances qualified them for the NCAA meet March 22-24 in Cleveland. [Related story at right...
...time defending champion Princeton won last year's affair by the slimmest of margins, sprinting to a three-tenth of a second victory in the final event, the 400-freestyle relay, to sew up a 364-356 win over Harvard. Columbia, the third place finisher, was far behind...