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Meanwhile, some city officials and residents attributed Price’s defeat to Lummis’ strong presence in the race. Price is said to have encouraged his former campaign manager to run, and the two split a common constituency...
Some observers of the election said Price failed to campaign aggressively enough, but they also suggested that the first-term incumbent’s stance on the consolidation debacle may have contributed to his defeat. Council members have accused Price of failing to take a consistent stance on the process. Amidst the chaos of last year’s fight, Price proposed and then retracted a controversial merger plan last November...
Many voiced comparable comments and an analogous tone following the Crimson’s defeat...
It’s true. Following last year’s 4-0 defeat at Brown, the Crimson won four straight, sweeping Dartmouth and Vermont at Bright, then heading up to the North Country and taking a pair from St. Lawrence and Clarkson...
...thumping of Columbia came on the heels of a Cornell (17-3, 7-3) match in which Harvard seemed out-of-sync and a step behind the Big Red. The result was a sound 3-0 defeat...