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With more than half of the nine-member City Council signed up for the race, each candidate faced the daunting task of garnering at least five votes from their fellow councillors to be elected mayor.
Take Harvard’s game at Dartmouth, for example. With the Crimson up two points midway through the second half, Casey caught the Big Green defense sleeping and cut backdoor. Sophomore guard Oliver McNally lofted a pass up to the rim that Casey snagged and flushed for an alley...
Lin gathered the ball up to let loose a shot—presumably seeking a foul. There were certainly grounds for a call: a member of the Tribe nudged Lin’s left shoulder as he went up to shoot, forcing him sprawling to the ground.
His ears buzzing with the revelry he had just incited, Lin sprang up from the court and dashed backwards towards the hoop he had been under less than five seconds ago.
His teammates not far behind, Lin ran until he couldn’t go any farther—so he leapt and took a few steps up the white cinder-block wall bordering the court.