Word: racing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...years ago, Cambridge was the site of a City Council race that, while often bitter, was hardly revolutionary...
...three vacancies leave the race wide open. The good-government Cambridge Civic Association (CCA)--which has commanded a four-member minority on the council since the early 1970s--and other liberal groups could make up a progressive majority on the council come next November. But given the edge PR seems to give incumbents, the CCA is facing an uphill battle...
...Physically and psychologically, we prepared our crew for one race," Needs said, "and by the time the incident Harvard complained of actually occurred, there was clear water between the boats. We had demonstrated our superiority...
Cambridge cleared its officers of harassment, calling their action "professional and appropriate," and the question clearly became, appropriate for whom? For which race? For the 500 galvanized into protest that week, the answer was clear, as it was for Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III and University Vice President and General Counsel Daniel Steiner, who apologized to the students and appealed to Cambridge and the police. But again, the police have not responded...
...Pepper died last May at 88, the tenuous harmony among Hispanics, Anglos and blacks in his Miami congressional district seemed to depart with him. Last week Republican State Senator Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a Cuban American, won Pepper's old seat, defeating Democrat Gerald Richman 53% to 47%, after a race marked by ethnic calumny...