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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Cambridge is the last (and first) bastion of strict proportional representation (residents affectionately call it PR) in the country. To understand the system, let's follow a hypothetical voter through the electoral process--from the voting booth to the floor of the gymnasium, where a corps of veteran pollsters gather every two years to count the ballots...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Proportional Representation -- Voting By Number | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

...despite its eccentricities, the process so far is relatively simple. It is not until the ballots reach the school gymnasium that PR gets really tangled...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Proportional Representation -- Voting By Number | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

...Murphy (H) 31:13; 2. Predmore (C) 31:25; 3. Porter (N) 31:27; 4. Collins (Col) 31:28; 5. Olds (Pr); 6. Kovach (N) 31:37; 7. Tatananni (D) 31:39; 8. Wehrwein (Y) 31:42; 9. Hofmann (Col) 31:42; 10. Miers (Col) 31:43; 11. Loomie (Col) 31:44; 12. Donahue (N) 31:50; 13. Weller (Penn) 31:51; 14. McNally (Col) 31:53; 15. Eichner...

Author: By Laura E. Schanberg, | Title: Murphy Captures Heptagonal Individual Crown | 11/3/1979 | See Source »

...fire-and-brimstone mayor that Tong Il--the former corporate name of International Seafoods--did not plan to buy property within Gloucester. But Moon purchased waterfront land, and gradually, Tong Il set up shop in Gloucester. ("Tong Il" was changed to "International Seafoods" in 1976, because of "terrible PR," the church's director for marketing services says "Tong Il" is also the name of Moon's Korean corporation which manufactures arms and weapons at an estimated annual profit of $2 million...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: God's Catch | 9/19/1979 | See Source »

...Craft ph 1 0 0 0 Dachos c 2 1 0 0 Gilbody rf 0 0 0 0 Caffrey 3b 3 1 1 0 Mitchell 2b 4 2 1 4 Cullinane ss 2 0 0 0 Garrity ph 0 0 0 0 O'Hea pr 0 0 0 0 Totals...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Batsmen Explode Against Eagles, 7-6 | 5/2/1979 | See Source »

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