Word: long
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although all the votes have been cast inCambridge's fall 1989 election, the contest isstill far from over. Because Cambridge uses anarcane system of proportional representation forCity Council and School Committee elections,election officials count all ballots by hand--aprocess which can take as long as a week...
Young, on the other hand, could depend on thesolid support of a city that is predominantlyBlack--a factor that has long been the predominantcharacteristic of most successful campaigns byBlacks...
...implications of these changes for academia are staggering. Soviet Studies professors, who once took long vacations without anyone's noticing, can't go to the bathroom for fear they'll miss two or three key announcements. They spend their spare hours looking in the dictionary for new phrases to use in their papers...
...restrictions under the foregoing Sections) shall be allocated by the City for (a) rent subsidies for tenants in existing rental housing, and (b) the production of new rental housing. The benefits allocated under this Section shall be distributed to applicants based upon demonstrated financial need, with preference given to long-time-resident, elderly or homeless citizens of the city of Cambridge, of low or moderate income...
...that time again for the NBA teams to go on the "Little Red Riding Hood" odyssey known as the regular season. It's the long trip to grandmother's house (read: NBA Playoffs), and once you get there, the big, bad wolf (read: perennial league powers Boston and the Lakers, not the expansion Minnesota Timberwolves) is waiting to eat you alive...