Polls now suggest that the result could go either way: almost all of Venezuela's shrinking middle class is hostile to the president, but some 60% of the poor support him.
Critics charge that Lula has betrayed the very poor who put him in office.
Yet Mr Jagland's reputation for poor judgment puts him well behind his predecessor in the approval ratings.
His albino skin (in Africa, albinos are widely considered bad luck) and poor eyesight made him an outcast.
Poor health persuaded him to retire after more than 60 years in entertainment.
He wept as he made his last speech to Congress, asking the poor to forgive him for having failed to relieve them.
He said casualty staff had told him poor out-of-hours GP services were part of the problem - as well as a lack of beds for admitting patients.
After graduating from Union College in upstate New York, he joined the Air Force, hoping to learn to fly jets, but his poor eyesight kept him out of the cockpit.
The three-state win meant Mr Romney took home some 83 nominating delegates, substantially increasing his lead over Mr Santorum, whose poor showing gained him just six delegates, the Associated Press projected.
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard shot straight at Cech after seven minutes, then Kuyt's poor control let him down after he was sent clear by Xabi Alonso, allowing the Chelsea keeper to make the clearance.
Their lack of runs is one of the main reasons for Australia's failure in this series - and let's not forget that Clarke carries that poor form with him into his first Test as captain.
But from a lofted ball his poor touch took him away from the target as Jaaskelainen bore down on him and when Fowler laid the ball off to Villanueva the Chilean slipped at the vital moment.
As Sunderland clung on, keeper Craig Gordon did well to block a Giggs shot with his legs and later, Anderson fired wide before the Brazilian also wasted a chance when a poor touch robbed him off a shooting chance.
During WWII, for example, he was an ambulance driver (his poor eyesight kept him out of the infantry) attached to the old British-Indian Army in India and Burma, where, among other horrors, he witnessed a famine that took the lives of millions.
Broad popular support - above all from poor Venezuelans - helped him win successive elections.
Rafa regains control but looks nervous and two poor drop volleys prevent him from seeing out the game.
But Mr Estrada has a solid power-base among the poor, who trust him and rather like his rough-and-ready image.
He's also battling an image problem, with critics accusing him of poor strategic vision in the face of a credit meltdown.
The pontiff may fear that, by dropping his chief aide, he would be tacitly admitting to poor judgment in appointing him.
He retired a wealthy man in 1940, but 10 years later poor investments had cost him his fortune, forcing him to make a comeback.
Canada's Mike Weir looked like he might challenge for the Open after a strong opening, but a poor inward nine saw him slip back to three over.
Button qualified only fifth in Spain, and a poor first lap put him down to ninth, from where he was not able to use the full performance of the car.
David Coulthard failed to get past the first round of qualifying for the second successive race as a combination of traffic and poor tyre performance saw him settle for 17th on the grid.
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He has an academic, rambling and emotional way of talking that makes him delightful to sit next to at a dinner party, particularly if you are slightly drunk, but makes him a poor communicator.
June 16, 2010: Mladic's family launches court proceedings to have him legally declared dead saying he had been in poor health and there had been no contact with him.
Ministers also claim that, far from braking the momentum of reform, poor poll ratings will encourage him to press ahead even faster.
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Was it guilt for the selfishness and indifference with which rich people like him treat the poor and the homeless of this city?
Boruc was targeted by the Northern Ireland fans at Windsor Park but claims the abuse had nothing to do with him conceding two poor goals.
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