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Many city residents predicted a particularly high turnout this year as a result of two controversial races. For the first time since 1961, three incumbent city councillors did not seek re-election, and 28 candidatees have waged a bitter campaign to fill the nine seats...
...first time in U.S. history, a Black--Lieutenant Governor L. Douglas Wilder--seemed likely to win a race for governor. And, also for the first time, New Yorkers tapped a Black--David N. Dinkins--for the chief executive office of the largest city in the nation...
Other notable victories yesterday included the election of first-time Black mayors in Seattle and New Haven, alsomajority-white cities...
...epic from now on," said ThompsonProfessor of Government Martin L. Kilson, Jr, anexpert on race and ethnicity in American politics."In the last 20 years of increasing Blackpolitical inclusion, these are the first up-front,trans-racial politicians...
Clutch Play I: Harvard was forced to punt on its first possession just five minutes into the game, but Derek Lewis' high, spiralling kick was muffed by Brown's Greg Giardi and recovered by Harvard defensive lineman Barry Littman at the Brown...