Article: Candidates at debate go over limit; One-minute responses prove tough to meet.(LOCAL NEWS)

Byline: Mark Melady

WORCESTER - Holding a candidates debate on the night the Red Sox would be taking the field for the opening game of a World Series meant the one-minute answer limit was strictly enforced, to the point that violators' microphones were shut off several times.

"One minute is just not long enough," complained Mayor Konstantina B. Lukes, a victim of at least one mike shutdown during the 90-minute debate at Becker College. "We have a lot to say."

But terseness prevailed on an evening that featured a testy head-to-head sparring match between the Main South district council candidates, the audience singing an a cappella "The ...

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