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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Cambridge has used Proportional Representation (PR) as its voting system since 1941. PR "ensures minority representation with majority control," according to the Cambridge Election Commission's Web site...

Author: By Edward B. Colby, -- | Title: Getting the Cambridge Vote | 10/13/1999 | See Source »

...guys PR'd [achieved a personal record], including myself by some 30-plus seconds," Baker said. "Furthermore we haven't even started tapering yet, so there's a lot of room to still improve in the weeks ahead...

Author: By Colin S. Donnelly, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: X-Country Freshmen Shine at Meet of Champions | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

...things the public schools can do is to launch a PR campaign," says school committee member Robin Harris, who is assistant principal at the Banneker Charter School. "There are some wonderful things happening in the public schools that the average parents is not aware...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Gudrais, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cambridge School Enrollment Declines | 9/29/1999 | See Source »

...knowing that giving up the identities of pseudonymous SFM4M visitors would have been PR poison for a sizable chunk of its customers, declined to lift its curtain of privacy for the prying eyes of concerned officials. So Klausner got San Francisco-based PlanetOut, an online service for gays, lesbians and bisexuals, to help him pepper SFM4M with warning messages about avoiding the disease (condoms, monogamy and penicillin?). Syphilis is easily treated if caught early, but if left alone, it causes chancres and lesions and eventually leads to insanity and death ? all the while increasing vulnerability to other STDs, most notably...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: This Chat Room Didn't Just Spread the Word | 8/24/1999 | See Source »

...pretty happy finishing the season with a PR," Martin said. "Any time you get a PR, it feels pretty good. I was actually looking to break nine minutes, but I wasn't used to the hot weather, though...

Author: By William P. Bohlen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gyorffy, Taylor Qualify For Track Nationals | 5/26/1999 | See Source »

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