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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Sullivan's most important function, in the eyes of those who appoint him, is to provide tight financial management. But instead of high profits, it is low taxes people want from him. And instead of stockholders or voters, it is the city councilors to whom Sullivan must ultimately answer...

Author: By George K. Sweetnam, | Title: The Man for the 'Goo-Goos' | 11/7/1977 | See Source »

...surprisingly, Danehy has alienated a number of women voters. When the issue of a Commission on the Status of Women came before the council last month Danehy had an answer for council candidate Byrle Breny's accusation that the council was "playing with these women in an election year." Danehy told Breny he couldn't think "of anything better to play with...

Author: By Jonathan H. Alter, | Title: The Independent Incumbents | 11/7/1977 | See Source »

This community of scholars, predominantly located in central Cambridge, is largely the result of the presence of the country's two richest universities, Harvard and MIT. And the Real Paper's cover story last week demanding an answer to the perennial question, "Who runs Cambridge?" arrived at the obvious answer: the universities...

Author: By Laurie Hays, | Title: Two Sides of the City | 11/7/1977 | See Source »

...military man, I ask myself, "Would I fight in the Middle East?" The answer is yes. But the real question is: "How do I run my Ford on chicken soup...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 7, 1977 | 11/7/1977 | See Source »

Some hecklers from the audience may cry out, "Just how big is the drum?" If Johnny Carson had boned up on his Harvardiana and was here to answer he'd say, "Well, I'll tell ya, it's so big that it bears the distinction of being 'The Largest Playable Drum with Plastic Heads East of the Hudson.'" The hard data on the drum, puchased in 1955 for $4000, is that it measures seven feet in diameter...

Author: By Abraham C. Marcus, | Title: The Band Has The Big One: Keeping Tradition at Harvard | 11/5/1977 | See Source »

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