Word: barretts
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However, many faculty and graduate students who live to the north and west will find a choice among Barrett, Alice Nakashian and William Monahan on their ballots. Both of his opponents are Independents. Barrett also notes that "anybody who sleeps in the stacks of the Ed School or the K-School qualifies...
...Barrett said he knew LoPresti slightly as an undergraduate. "He was a better jock, and I was a better journalist," he said, adding that the incumbent senator had better grades...
...Although Barrett and Graham tend to hold more liberal positions than LoPresti, Barrett said he agreed with the senator on most issues. However, he does oppose a recent bill that LoPresti sponsored as chairman of the State Senate Judiciary Committee. If passed, it would abolish a practice that allows defendants convicted by a judge to demand a trial by jury "de novo" without going through a formal appeal process...
Like many Harvard students, Barrett opposed the Vietnam war. As a sophomore he was one of almost 400 students who signed a Crimson advertisement proclaiming that "Our war in Vietnam is unjust and immoral... As long as the United States is involved in this war I will not serve in the armed forces...
...Barrett served as a State Representative from Reading, Mass. until 1984, when a game of musical chairs similar to this year's left him standing at the end. U.S. Senator Paul Tsongas announced his retirement for health reasons, and his vacated seat attracted U.S. Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Malden) as a candidate. Markey's empty position, in turn, drew a large field of candidates, including Barrett...