Word: victor
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...sedition, armed revolt and assassination, many hoped that the anticipated supreme court trial would clean up the image of a nation tarnished by a flagrant cocaine trade, official corruption and worse. Last week, after three brief sessions, the trial ground to a halt. As the civilian government of President Victor Paz Estenssoro stood by, the twelve-member supreme court proved unable to come up with a quorum of judges to reconvene the case. Said a well-placed diplomatic observer: "People are afraid. There's no question about that...
Last Sunday, when 4.8 million Austrian voters finally went to the polls, neither candidate was able to claim a majority. Waldheim won 49.6% of the votes; Steyrer had 43.7%. Two minor candidates got a total of 6.7%. In the absence of a clear-cut victor, the two front runners will now return to the campaign trail to contest a runoff election, which will be held on June...
...knowing where or when the yen's rise will stop, Japanese companies are trying to cut costs. Some firms are planning to shift production abroad to avoid further exchange-related losses. Victor Co. of Japan will begin producing videocassette tapes in Tuscaloosa, Ala., this fall, and plans to double production of audio equipment at its Singapore plant. Says Darrel Whitten, associate director of research at Bache Securities (Japan) Ltd.: "The strong yen will accelerate this tendency to rely on overseas production, just as the strong dollar helped push American manufacturing and assembly overseas...
...expected to ask the Batasang Pambansa, or National Assembly, to nullify its Feb. 15 resolution proclaiming Marcos the winner of the election. The former President's departure has persuaded most legislators in his New Society Movement (K.B.L.) / to promise Aquino their backing. A new resolution recognizing her as the victor is expected to pass, but it is questionable whether it will be valid in constitutional terms. The snap election, which Marcos claimed to have won, 54% to 46%, was so tainted by fraud, most of it perpetrated by Marcos supporters, that it is now impossible to say with certainty which...
...seas did not seem to bother the Cup's defenders, however. When the breezes were lightest, in the fourth race, the winning boat was Australia II, the winged-keel victor at Newport. When the Doctor was in, the honors went to Australia III, a boat specifically designed for Fremantle's heavy weather by Ben Lexcen (who also designed Australia II). Skippered by Colin Beashel, Australia III finished ahead of the pack in three of the first six races, building such a lead that the championship was won even before it was over. For the seventh and final race, the Australian...