Word: columbus
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...time the votes are all counted, they will have reaped a few nice rewards, eking out a victory in the Philadelphia mayoral race and forcing the Mississippi gubernatorial race to a tie-break vote in the Democratic-controlled statehouse. Democrats also took mayoral seats in the Republican strongholds of Columbus, Ohio, and Indianapolis...
...last canvassing effort in New Hampshire, which took place over Columbus Day weekend, attracted 35 Harvard students, McLoughlin said...
Billing it as a "college invasion" weekend, the organizers originally expected about 50 students to make the trek to New Hampshire. In the end, over 150 students from 19 universities, some as far south as George Washington University and William and Mary, joined Harvard canvassers over Columbus Day weekend...
...broaden the reach of the vigil, the organizers incorporated other groups who were affected by the events Christopher Columbus set in motion...
After Rodman's opening address, NAHR Co-Chair Ethel B. Branch '01 discussed the events following Columbus' landing in 1492, which affected the religions, languages, ideologies and ways of life of the indigenous peoples...