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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Angered by what he claimed was an attempt to stifle his speaking privileges, Walsh embarked on a one-man crusade to block discussion of council business. Using privileges granted to all councillors under the city charter, the third-term councillor postponed action on no less than 11 council orders...

Author: By Michael P. Mann, | Title: Changing Style for a New Term | 2/27/1990 | See Source »

...have to yell a little louder to the mayor than in the past in order to be heard," Walsh says, discussing the charter-right incident. "I think I made my point," he adds...

Author: By Michael P. Mann, | Title: Changing Style for a New Term | 2/27/1990 | See Source »

Walsh's increased visibility on the council, however, may prove a temporary phenomenon. Since his charter-righting session, Walsh has kept a low profile during council meetings, speaking only on a few occasions and staying away from arguments with his political foes...

Author: By Michael P. Mann, | Title: Changing Style for a New Term | 2/27/1990 | See Source »

...They are not at all justified. We have set out our policy in the Freedom Charter. That policy ought to satisfy everybody that we don't mean to dominate anybody...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NELSON MANDELA: I Am No Prophet | 2/26/1990 | See Source »

...marks 500 years since Columbus came to America, so we'd like to see a revival of Harvard's initial commitment to the education of Indians," Begay says in reference to the original Harvard College charter, which called for the education of "English and Indian youths...

Author: By Daniel E. Mufson, | Title: Federal Fund Cuts Harm AIP | 2/20/1990 | See Source »

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