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...professor, a onetime leader of the Christian Democratic Party and now the standard-bearer of his country's right wing. His opponent is Mario Soares, 61, a three-time Socialist Prime Minister and the champion of the left. The outcome of the election is important not only because the victor will become Portugal's first civilian President in 60 years. In a country where there have been 16 governments in the past twelve years, the President has become an influential center of political continuity. The election is taking place against a backdrop of serious economic troubles. One of the poorest...
...stepped from his bulletproof Mercedes-Benz, cheering well-wishers mobbed President-elect Vinicio Cerezo Arevalo outside the headquarters of his Christian Democratic Party at Guatemala City's Camino Real Hotel. Cerezo, a 42-year-old lawyer, had just been declared the victor in a runoff election for the Guatemalan presidency. The second round of balloting came after national elections last month failed to produce a candidate with a majority. This time Cerezo captured 68% of the vote, soundly defeating his opponent, Newspaper Owner Jorge Carpio Nicolle, 53, of the center-right National Center Union Party. Even Christian Democratic Party leaders...
Reporters and commentators rush to file colorful accounts and declare a victor. The medium encourages these ringside judges to base their scoring on poise, appearance, tone, and rhetorical coups. According to the traditional scorecard, the candidates' make-up men and wardrobe consultants generally prove more critical than their policy advisers...
...want you to listen carefully," said Chief U.S. Negotiator Max Kampelman with a wide smile, "and I want you to listen with your constructive ear." Victor Karpov, his Soviet counterpart, smiled back, though somewhat less amiably. There was little likelihood of Karpov's attention wandering. He knew that Kampelman was about to unveil a sweeping new American proposal in response to the arms-control plan that the Soviets had tabled with much fanfare five weeks...
Eventually, some 15 senior and junior faculty, some brought from other areas of applied science at Harvard, will be associated with electrical engineering, according to Wallace Professor of Applied Physics R. Victor Jones...