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A few minutes after midnight, the conversations of the 40 townspeople and 30 staff members in the Cambridge Senior Center quieted down.

Author: By Rediet T. Abebe, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: School Election Results Announced | 11/4/2009 | See Source »

The voting scheme requires voters to initially rank their top six candidates in order to narrow the pool down to five. The candidate with the fewest number one rankings is eliminated and the ballots in favor of this candidate are redistributed to the voter’s second choice. The...

Author: By Rediet T. Abebe, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: School Election Results Announced | 11/4/2009 | See Source »

A “breakdown,” they explain, occurs when a player with the ball is tackled to the ground. A “ruck” occurs when players from both teams fight for the ball after a tackle. The ball can travel down the field, they...

Author: By Chelsea L. Shover, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Rough, Yet Personal, Sport | 11/4/2009 | See Source »

Mainers' 53-47 vote to reject gay marriage does more than simply slap down a law that just six months ago had made Maine the U.S.'s second state to permit same-sex couples to wed. With voters thronging to the polls, the closely watched - and ultimately not very close...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gay-Marriage Activists Look Ahead After Maine Defeat | 11/4/2009 | See Source »

But Maine's vote, much like all of the states before it, including California's vote on Prop 8 a year ago, will do little to slow the fight over gay marriage. Not in Maine, where Tuesday's vote was only the equivalent of a veto and can be easily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gay-Marriage Activists Look Ahead After Maine Defeat | 11/4/2009 | See Source »

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