The federalist notions of Pasqual Maragall, leader of its local Socialists, would mean big constitutional changes.

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Lahon Ip(ph) and Pasqual Pak(ph) were born in China, and their families emigrated to France when they were children.

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Bogus, and look how much more Madrid province gets, retorts Pasqual Maragall, whose Socialists got more votes, but fewer seats, in the 1999 regional elections.

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In other action, Shenay Perry, a 19-year-old American, beat Virginia Ruano-Pasqual of Spain 6-4 6-3, while Tathiana Garbin of Italy upset sixth-seeded American Laura Granville 7-6 6-1.

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Catalan nationalists are drawing up a new one which, despite Mr Carod-Rovira's populist harangues, will, according to Catalonia's Socialist premier, Pasqual Maragall, remain within the bounds set by the 1978 text.

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Mr. URCOLA: Yeah, yeah, well, I, one of my heroes, one of my favorite musicians, Egberto Gismonti, also Hermeto Pasqual, and they have a lot of their music, they use the human voice in all different kind of ways, you know.

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For the first time for many years, the Socialist Party, under Pasqual Maragall, a former mayor of Barcelona, won more votes than Catalonia's conservative nationalists under their long-serving leader, Jordi Pujol, who nonetheless (because of the voting system) won more seats in the assembly.

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