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Personal background: Born in Bangor, Maine, William Sawyer now lives in Acton with his wife, Joan Gardner, and their three children. Sawyer received both his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Harvard University, and then, from 1955 to 1958, served in the U.S. Army in the judge advocate general corps, prosecuting and defending criminal matters...
Experience: Sawyer served as a selectman for the town of Acton from 1968 to 1975. He also served for 15 years on the Metropolitian Area Planning Council and was the Region One Director of the National Association of Regional Councils. He ran for U.S. Congress and lost in 1980. He is now a partner in the Boston law firm of Wood, Clarkin and Sawyer...
...special purposes. Richard Nixon welcomed Ceausescu's help in negotiating the first opening to China; under Ronald Reagan, the CIA sought Noriega's assistance in aiding Nicaragua's contras. But in Ceausescu's 24 years of iron rule and Noriega's six, both eventually proved once again Lord Acton's thesis that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely...
...Congress now stands as a paradox of Lord Acton's observation that power corrupts. Losing corrupts too; 35 years of rule by the majority Democrats has embittered congressional Republicans. Even the normally easygoing minority leader, Bob Michel, has toughened his tone, angering Democrats by calling their monopoly on power a "corrosive acid upon the restraints of stability and comity...
Haven't had enough of arts festivals yet? Try the Acton-Boxborough Jamboree of the visual and performing arts 10th anniversary celebration. Taking place at the Acton-Boxborough High School's campus, the festival will feature hot air balloon flights and perfomances by mime Michael Trautman, the New Orleans jazz band, street singer Stephen Baird and the New England Brass Quintet. Permormances Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. Admission is free. Telephone...