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Although Harvard's Ivy title chances fell apart after a narrow 2-0 defeat at the hands of seven-time defending league champion Princeton, the Crimson knew full well that its hopes for an at-large berth were still alive...
While Democrats made virtually a clean sweep of the partisan races in Massachusetts yesterday, party leaders were handed a significant defeat when voters approved a ballot question that significantly cut the state's income taxes...
Voters also handed a surprising defeat to the backers of Question 5, which would have took steps toward a universal health care system in Massachusetts. Polls as late as this past weekend had shown the question with over a 20 point lead...
Insurers had poured money into the ultimately successful campaign to defeat Question 5. The committee organized to oppose the question raised $4.8 million to defeat the measure, mainly from a handful of the state's largest insurers. The measure's supporters raised less than...
...perhaps it's fitting that even in defeat, Clinton seems poised to dominate Gore's political life. This was the man, after all, who brought Gore to the executive branch, who shared books and jokes with him, and then, as Gore sees it, betrayed him not once with a shocking infidelity, but twice: By turning just enough voters against the administration with his various extracurricular activities, the President helped crush Gore's chances at victory Tuesday night. Clinton's inexorable charm got him elected, got him in trouble, and finally, set Gore up for a defeat. It was Bush, after...