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Over the next four elections, Decker and Simmons announced their plans to run for a recently vacated State Senate seat and dropped from the mayoral race. As for the remaining contenders, Maher continued to hold a firm lead with four votes, while Reeves and Davis split the other five.
In 1948, unlike this year, councillors took scores of votes each time they met, hoping to resolve the selection process as efficiently as possible. Despite these efforts, the election of Mayor Michael J. Neville required over four months and more than 1,300 ballots.
Or take Harvard’s first game against Princeton. After a missed jump shot by co-captain Jeremy Lin, Casey crashed the boards from the top of the key. He leapt in the air and slammed home the put-back dunk over Tigers guard Dan Mavraides.
With under 10 seconds to play in the third overtime period, the Tribe’s Sean McCurdy snaked his way down the right side of the lane and knocked in a right-handed layup, giving his team an 85-84 advantage over its hosts.
The long-distance shot, which gave Harvard the 87-85 win—its second victory in as many games—landed the veteran on highlight reels all over the nation and negated a big comeback for William & Mary.