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Before you won this fall, only one African American, Virginia's Doug Wilder in 1989, had ever been elected Governor in the U.S. Was that daunting...
...sure, Obama is starting out with some high-profile African-American backers. Virginia's Doug Wilder, who in 1989 was the first black in U.S. history to be elected governor, has met with Obama and encouraged him to run. More than most politicians, Wilder knows personally how difficult it can be for a black candidate; during his gubernatorial campaign, the gap between his numbers in the final polls and in the actual election showed such a dramatic drop-off that it became known as the "Wilder Effect." "I know there are people who don't think an African-American...
...half week break for reading period and finals before the longest bus trip of the year, to St. Lawrence and Clarkson. HARVARD 3, UNION 2 The Crimson took a 1-0 lead just 32 seconds into Saturday’s game at Achilles Center, when freshman Doug Rogers beat Union goaltender Justin Mrazek. But the Dutchmen (9-9-2, 2-7-0) notched two second-period tallies to take a 2-1 lead, and so the Crimson entered another third period on the wrong side of the score sheet. “A month ago, in that situation, we wouldn?...
...cross-ice feed from senior center Kevin Du.Just two minutes later, the Crimson earned another power play chance when Dartmouth defenseman Grant Lewis was whistled for a penalty right in front of the Harvard bench. Du earned his second assist in four minutes when he set up freshman pivot Doug Rogers for a score at 4:32, giving the Crimson a 3-0 lead.“We capitalized on their mistakes,” Taylor said, adding, “We worked hard on the power play and just executed well tonight.”But Harvard?...
...ECAC) did not play a game in the first two weeks of December. But Harvard showed little signs of rust in the league victory. Junior winger Mike Taylor netted two power-play scores, including the opening goal of the game just 2:48 in. Doug Rogers tallied the eventual gamewinner at 4:32 of the second period, knocking home a feed from senior center Kevin Du. That put the Crimson ahead, 3-0, but the Big Green (5-4-2, 4-4-2) tallied two goals in the middle frame to cut the lead to one. Senior goaltender Justin Tobe...