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...things are going to be a little different on Beacon Hill when Flaherty gets the second most powerful position in the state. Republican William F. Weld '66 will take over as governor in January, along with a new legislature that is markedly more conservative than the "pro-government" government Flahery would like...

Author: By Chip Cummins, | Title: The Rise to Power of a Cambridge Lawmaker | 12/4/1990 | See Source »

...anyone can keep the traditional liberal agenda alive on Beacon Hill, observers say, it is Flaherty. A graduate of Boston College High School and Boston College, the majority leader is known in the House for his humor and his persuasiveness...

Author: By Chip Cummins, | Title: The Rise to Power of a Cambridge Lawmaker | 12/4/1990 | See Source »

...lies, and videotape. And what young fellow wouldn't care to wake up on a couch with Susan Sarandon's head in his lap? From The Rocky Horror Picture Show through Pretty Baby, Atlantic City, The Hunger and Bull Durham, she has been the American cinema's beacon of seductive intelligence: our own Statue of Libertine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Odd Coupling | 11/12/1990 | See Source »

...people of Massachusetts voted for change," Malone said. "They don't want business as usual conducted on Beacon Hill...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harshbarger and Malone Win Statewide Contests | 11/7/1990 | See Source »

...policies are too generous and his claim that giving a speech on drug abuse in Roxbury would be equivalent to talking to a bunch of drug addicts. If these comments reflect "straight shooting" Silber's true feelings--as his backers claim--then his true feelings do not belong on Beacon Hill...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crimson's Endorsements: William F. Weld for Governor | 11/5/1990 | See Source »

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