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...Early in the evening, the Pub was the typical Harvard scene, election or no election. Textbooks were piled on the tables and students huddled over their laptops in the dimly lit room...
...When the race was called, there was a rush of noise, of horns honking and kids shouting and strangers hugging in the streets. People danced in Harlem and wept at Ebenezer Baptist Church and lit candles at Dr. King's grave. More than a thousand people shouted "Yes we can!" outside the White House, where a century ago it was considered scandalous for a President to invite a black hero to lunch. The Secret Service said it had never seen anything like it. President Bush called the victory "awesome" when he phoned Obama to congratulate him: "You are about...
...There are a few unreceptive locals—one man glares from behind his screened porch, another refuses even to listen to the canvassers’ pitch—but most are polite and pleasant. The majority aren’t home, so they “lit drop,” leaving behind brochures on the candidates...
...When another person doesn’t come to the door, Hawley asks Maher, “Do you want to lit this place up?” They discuss the finer points of all the ways to leave behind candidate information...
Meanwhile, it couldn’t have gotten any sweeter for the Crimson faithful, as the Harvard football team lit up the scoreboard and put on an array of offensive and defensive dominance against the worst team in the Ivy League. As expected, it was a lopsided 35-7 victory for the Crimson (6-1, 3-1), beating the Big Green (0-7, 0-4) in front of 4,111 spectators in Hanover...