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Galluccio’s resignation opened a special election for the seat, which six Democrats vied for in the primary last Tuesday. DiDomenico beat Flaherty and the other contenders by 135 votes, according to The Boston Globe...
...You’ve got to train harder than you race,” James said. “You know that all the other colleges are full of guys working to beat Harvard...
Wale: Hip-hop, Afro-beat, reggae, a little bit, R&B, a lot of soul...
...pair of owners who demanded $20,000 for their land. "I told them $2,000 max," Ellis said, but ultimately the owners - after checking around - changed their minds and decided to offer the land for free. "They said, 'We'll give it to you, but could you beat us up a little and make it look like you seized it? The Taliban don't want this to happen.' " (See pictures of life in the Afghan National Army...
Quick off the blocks, Obama will still be hard-pressed to best the prolific appointers of ages past. The one to beat is George Washington - who, admittedly, had a bit of a leg up, starting the Supreme Court, as he did, from scratch. One of the first bills ever to be introduced in the Senate, the Judiciary Act, constituted a Supreme Court made up of a Chief Justice and five associates. Washington signed it on Sept. 24, 1789, and within hours he nominated six men to fill the posts. Congress responded with a haste that is unimaginable today: five nominees...