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After last Tuesday's wake-up call, we cannot accept politicians' assurances that the current electoral system has managed for over a century, that 2000 was a fluke and that maybe we'll be lucky for another 100 years. Partisan rancor, the divided outcome and the disputed Florida are more than enough proof that the viability and legitimacy of the 21st century presidency require either constitutional or legislative reform...
...system was never designed for such a fluke. The last time it happened--in 1876--the deadlock was resolved by a corrupt deal that ended Reconstruction. The closest we have come to the edge in recent years was 1960, when Mayor Richard Daley of Chicago was credibly accused of widespread fraud and corruption in throwing Illinois to John Kennedy...
...know if Yale's recent losses have been a fluke or not, but this a good team," Rose said. "They have a stingy defense and their offense doesn't turn over the ball much. They pack some punch, and I think this is going to be one of those Harvard-Yale games that goes right down to the wire...
...that same experience with Northeastern the year of our championship. They said it was a fluke. It wasn't very wise of them," Shewchuk said. "What Dartmouth said wasn't very sportsmanlike and they'll see this year we're just as good as they...
...easily Harvard's best defensive game all year. More importantly, the recent success of Harvard's defense hasn't been a fluke. Rather, the Crimson defense has steadily improved and learned to compete as a unified ensemble of skilled players. On Saturday, the defense matched the success of the offense, and now the Crimson can be considered a balanced team...