Word: briston
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...University's use of President Kennedy's influence to defeat John Briston Sullivan's stilts is distressing politics. An institution like Harvard has enough devices within its own organization to oppose local projects against its own interest...
When John Briston Sullivan read in the New York Times that the White House had exerted pressure in the defeat of his office building on stilts, he was "amazed...
...story office building on stilts caper came to a sudden end yesterday, as Governor Volpe vetoed the controversial bill that would have authorized sale of a strip of land across from Littauer to realtor John Briston Sullivan...
...bill will reach the governor's desk sometime today, after which Volpe will five days to act. Reliable sources doubt that the forces of John Briston Sullivan secure enough votes to override a gubernatorial veto...
Governor Volpe will probably sign into law Monday the bill authorizing sale of Cambridge Common land to private developer John Briston Sullivan. But speculation grew yesterday that the Governor may veto the bill after Volpe announced that he had received numerous telephone calls and letters opposing...