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...most Americans don't understand it. It produced its first election crisis in our very third presidential election 200 years ago. As originally formulated, the electors were not to vote separately for President and Vice President. The presidency went to the electoral-vote winner, the vice presidency to the runner-up. It was thus conceivable that a vice-presidential nominee could be elected President...
KEVIN PHILLIPS' most recent book, The Cousins' Wars, was a runner-up for the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for history
...Friday the Crimson is slated to face the Goliath of women's soccer, No. 1 Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish has gone unbeaten this season, and not lost a decision since the NCAA championship game last year, when it finished as runner-up to North Carolina...
Awaiting the Crimson later this week are the top-seeded Fighting Irish (21-0-1), who beat No. 24 Michigan 3-1 yesterday. Notre Dame finished as the runner-up in the tournament last year, and has yet to lose this season...
Although the Crimson eventually rolled past Cornell and Dartmouth with ease, Harvard will find a more challenging opponent in last year's Ivy League runner-up Brown this Friday...