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...season started off sunnily. Harvard avoided March in New England by playing its first 11 games in Florida and South Carolina against the likes of Flagler, Wofford and Limestone...
...first time since 1952, the large number of open seats played a decisive role, especially in the Senate. In that chamber, the Republicans gained eight seats but six of them had been left vacant after the incumbents retired. The only incumbents defeated were Jim Sasser of Tennessee and Harris Wofford of Pennsylvania. Unpopular incumbents, like New Jersey's Frank Lautenberg, won reelection primarily because of superior fund-raising skills. Term limits would help ensure that election to Congress is based upon merit rather than money...
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Republicans won eight seats and got a bonus ninth when Richard Shelby, Democrat of Alabama, switched parties, bringing the new G.O.P. majority to 53 to 47. Among the big-name Democrats felled by voters were Tennessee's Jim Sasser and Pennsylvania's Harris Wofford. A number of struggling Democrats survived: Massachusetts' Ted Kennedy, New Jersey's Frank Lautenberg, Virginia's Charles Robb (who beat out controversial Iran-contra figure Oliver North) and, apparently, California's Dianne Feinstein. Kansas' Bob Dole, a possible presidential contender, will become the new Senate majority leader. Colleagues in line to head key committees include Strom...