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...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...
...Penn's a really good team," said Co-Captain David Segal, a 3-1 victor at number eight. "They were really hungry...
...Yale, relying on the hitting of Paul Yoder and Captain-Coach Victor Rodriguez, set down the Crimson by the same score in the following game. Harvard also suffered the loss of freshman Henry Olson when he sprained his ankle colliding with a teammate on a block...
...first round of the election, Freitas do Amaral was the clear victor, winning more than 2.6 million votes, about 46% of the total. Soares, by comparison, collected only 25%, 1.44 million votes. But the first round was not an even fight. While Freitas do Amaral was the only right-wing candidate, the leftist vote was split three ways. In addition to Soares, Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo, who served as Prime Minister for five months in 1979, and Francisco Salgado Zenha, a former Socialist Party member, were also running...