Word: ran
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...general, King conveyed a sense of thoughtfulness. He talked relentlessly about the multiracial "rainbow coalition" that supported his candidacy. Says John Marttila, a Boston political analyst: "The most important element was the tone of Mel's campaign. It is a far more unifying tone than when he ran in 1979." In the end, King won the votes of 95% of blacks and 15% of whites, and carried half of the city's wards, including mostly white Allston and upscale Back Bay and Beacon Hill...
Soon after, Hawkins and his family found their cars were being vandalized. The family began keeping watch for hooligans outside the store. Last Sept. 11, Hawkins ran off eight youths who were trying to steal a radio and bicycles from a woman and three children. Minutes later, one of the youths, Anttwon Thomas, reputedly a member of a local street gang called the Bounty Hunters, entered Hawkins' store and was ordered to leave by Hawkins' son James Jr. During the ensuing fight, a sawed-off shotgun went off, shattering Thomas' chest. Mortally wounded, the youth fled...
...seen such a large disparity," said one leading adviser. The unusual battle centers on the value of just ten shares of common stock that Newhouse owned. Although tiny in number, they were the only shares that carried the right to vote for directors of Advance Publications, the company that ran the newspapers and magazines. Ownership of the stock thus gave Newhouse total control of the publishing operations...
...only surprise for the favored Crimson was a performance of Cooper, who ran one of her strongest races of the season...
Harvard was led by Paul Gompers, who finished second to Tiger Gordon Christie, in 24:11. In third place was Harvard's Andy Gerkin, who ran well for the second week in a row. The Crimson's other scorers were co-captain Felix Rippy (24:37) in eighth place and Bruce Weber (24:58) in twelfth. Rippy finished only six seconds behind the fifth, sixth and seventh man, making the race closer than the score appears...