Word: agee
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When he died at age 83 in 1958, Curley had run Massachusetts as Governor for a term and was four times sent to the U.S. House of Representatives. But he was mayor of Boston ("Mayor of the Poor," he was called) for a full 16 years, four terms, the last of which was partly spent in jail on a mail-fraud conviction. Hizzoner continued to draw his salary while behind bars, gracefully donating it to other Boston prisoners...
...Joseph Califano came whizzing through on a tour of the city's schools. He asked how many of the students smoked. "Be honest," he added. The only one who admitted to smoking was Shawn Galloway, 16, who has been puffing up to three packs a day since the age of ten. Califano told Shawn that if she gave up smoking, she and a friend could have a free trip to Washington and a visit to the White House. Then he whizzed...
...Hofer, a product of Andover, whose skiing experience has included weekend skiing since the age of four and four summers of racing camp at the Red Lodge. Montana glacier, the ski team fills something of a gap. "In most things you do at Harvard, there isn't a sense of common purpose," he says. "On the ski team, you eat, sleep and train with these people. You live with them during the winter. There is a real sense of community on the team. The people are the finest in the world. I can't begin to say how much...
...limit themselves to quadrennial Presidential campaigns. If the club is to stay together, its members will need to take a more active role in state and local politics. While they have preoccupied themselves with their own squabbling, a number of important issues have passed them by--from the drinking age to the construction of the Red Line, each of which presents an opportunity for lobbying and politicking...
...age of the woman studio executive, Rice said, adding, "every studio now has a woman in a position of power...