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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos should have been pleased. In an election for 165 seats in the interim National Assembly-the first such vote since 1972, when Marcos imposed martial law and rule by decree-his New Society Movement had made what the President himself called "a clean sweep." In Manila, where the election had turned into an emotionally charged referendum on martial law itself, Marcos' stalwarts took all 21 seats over the energetic opposition Laban Party. Marcos' wife Imelda was the biggest vote getter, but even the last-place Marcos partisan ran 300,000 votes better than Laban...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PHILIPPINES: Marcos Wins His Election Battle | 4/24/1978 | See Source »

Harvard is currently tied for first in the Eastern League with a 2-0 record (last season's co-champion Cornell is 3-0), by virtue of last Saturday's twinbill sweep of Dartmouth. Two, or preferably three wins this weekend could put the Crimson in strong bargaining position by the time the home stretch of the 14-game league season comes around...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Batsmen Hit Meat of League Schedule | 4/21/1978 | See Source »

Captain Katie Ditzler completed the Crimson's singles sweep with an 0-and-3 over Mauk...

Author: By Elizabeth N. Friese, | Title: Netwomen Defeat Hampshire, 8-1 | 4/20/1978 | See Source »

...TAKES A LOT of brilliant people to make a show as seductively idiotic as the Dunster House production of Anything Goes. The cast and company seem determined to sweep the audience away on the Good Ship Cole Porter, the decks awash with tap-dancing sailors, happy-go-lucky heroes wooing smitten but duty-bound heiresses, evangelists turned nightclub singers, and lovable gangsters on the lam, accompanied by accommodating molls. If you're human, you might be tempted to stuff the damn diploma and sail off with them, paired up with an attractive dancing partner and immersed in some...

Author: By David B. Edelstein, | Title: Porter Ambrosia | 4/20/1978 | See Source »

Princeton's freshman eight made it a clean sweep, roaring (or is it rowing?) to a 28-second win over Cornell. Radcliffe's rookie entry finished one tick behind the women from Ithaca...

Author: By Jonathan J. Ledecky, | Title: Tigers Play the Heavies In Victory Over 'Cliffe | 4/17/1978 | See Source »

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