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...lost the popular vote in the July 14 election to former President Hugo Banzer Suárez, 58. But because neither candidate drew more than 50% of the vote, the final choice was left to Congress. Although both men proposed similarly conservative programs, leftist legislators saw Paz Estenssoro as the lesser of two evils. "We have nothing in common with Paz Estenssoro, but everything separating us from Banzer," said one Congressman...
...Viet Nam. Against these even his sunnier bits of Americana--schoolchildren at play, a general store--seem to be glimpses of an imperiled tranquillity. Even an unemphatic shot of street sweepers clearing the route of a Red Army parade column describes a world where great powers lunge through, leaving lesser souls to deal with the damage...
...regular-season gate receipts plus the revenue from the state playoffs netted the school about $320,000. It costs $92,000 to run the entire football program, seventh through twelfth grade. The extra money pays for the school's other sports, known to some in these parts as "the lesser sports...
...gateway drug”—an artist or band that was just “mainstream” enough to be visible to our young and impressionable eyes, but ballsy enough to put out music that reformatted our synapses and led us to a treasure trove of lesser-known acts. For me, that drug was the living embodiment of the 1990s, Beck Hansen...
...mounted the podium. Yet those who might protest that Lithgow does not measure up recognition-wise to past speakers have very selective memories. For every Kofi Annan, there have been Vaclav Havels and Gro Brundtlands, president of the Czech Republic and prime minister of Norway, respectively. Compared to these lesser-known statesmen, the name John Lithgow probably rings many more bells...