1. Her energy and raspy voice soon became familiar to television stations and newspapers, and she relentlessly sought out everyone from small-business men to banana tycoons. 2. A Harvard-educated mayor with a reputation for honesty and a populist banana tycoon both claimed victory in presidential runoff in politically unstable Ecuador. 3. Business leaders were relieved when Mahuad narrowly beat populist banana tycoon Alvaro Noboa in a runoff vote. 4. Deprived of an undisputed victor in presidential elections, Ecuadoreans waited anxiously Monday for official results of a contest pitting a U.S.-educated politician against a banana tycoon. 5. His rival, a banana tycoon, also claims to have won. 6. Vote pits mayor against banana tycoon. 7. Voters will choose between front-runners, banana tycoon Alvaro Noboa and Quito Mayor Jamil Mahuad. |
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