Word: raced
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...liberal candidates claimed a gain in popularity during this election, as shown by the close tenth-place finish of CCA challenger Jonathan S. Myers, who ended the race with 2004 votes compared to 2136 votes for the Council's only Black member, Saundra M. Graham...
Myers and his supporters said the defeat did not discourage them, given the overwhelming power of incumbency in Cambridge elections, Rather, they said the closeness of the race gave them hope for the next city race...
With a win over Penn this weekend, Harvard will be guaranteed at least a share of the Ivy title, with only Dartmouth and Yale still in the race. The last time the Crimson copped an Ivy crown...
...self-image that Bukowski apparently wanted to project is that of a proudly independent tramp/sage, an innocently virtuous Candide figure whose crowning virtue is having "refused to join the rat race." It's cool to be a bum, Bukowski tells us. In fact, it's the only artistically valid way to live. We are meant to appreciate this when Bukowski's alter ego Henry abruptly leaves the bed of the wealthy and beautiful young editor Tully Sorenson (Alice Krige). He tells her that she "lives in a cage with golden bars," and shambles back down the hill to the sordid...
...exhibit details the chronology of these pieces. One puzzle, made in the image of the Atlantic Ocean, challenges players to put the "planes" of Lindbergh, Byrd, and Chamberlain into "hangars" located on the other side of the ocean. The puzzle pays tribute to the real-life race as to which of the three pilots would cross the Atlantic first...