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While it seems unlikely that his goal will be realized, the life-long Buffalo, N.Y. resident will at least get his name on the Independent Voters Party ballot in Massachusetts next week...

Author: By Brian D. Ellison, | Title: Levinson: Smoke Pot in Boats | 3/5/1992 | See Source »

Levinson, who is unmarried, was a merchant seaman for nine years. For several years after that, the candidate published a newspaper through the University of Buffalo called the Daily Bolt, which focused on local issues and scandals and "called every spade a spade," Mrs. Levinson said...

Author: By Brian D. Ellison, | Title: Levinson: Smoke Pot in Boats | 3/5/1992 | See Source »

Like many of the athletes from the smaller countries, Teruel is painfully aware that his Olympic dream might be an easy target for journalist jokes and nationalist resentments. Born to Filipino parents in Buffalo, New York, he visited the Philippines only once in his first 20 years, does not really speak Tagalog and freely admits, "If I had grown up in the Philippines, I probably wouldn't be here." At first, he says, "I felt a little bit guilty, like I was a fraud." He was embarrassed that a rich doctor's son from New York State should be representing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 1992 Winter Olympics: Even In Alberto-Ville, Everyman Lives | 3/2/1992 | See Source »

...Teruel begins his second run with the sun setting fast behind the mountains, the public-address system, which had been shouting "Absolutely superb! Incredible!" as other skiers took the slope, simply announces, "Michael Teruel, from Buffalo, in the Philippines." But Teruel, who finishes 71st -- 36 places higher than where he started -- is exultant. "I can't wait to go back to see the dean," he says. His friends won't see him on TV, he says, but he feels something has been achieved. Moreover, he adamantly opposes any official ruling that would limit the number of competitors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 1992 Winter Olympics: Even In Alberto-Ville, Everyman Lives | 3/2/1992 | See Source »

...Buffalo Bills' super bowl loss cost New York Gov. Mario Cuomo a crate of buffalo wings (sent to Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder, who had wagered a Virginia ham on the game...

Author: By Joshua W. Shenk, | Title: The News Of the Weird | 2/8/1992 | See Source »

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