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...group of hotels into the Loews Corp., one of the nation's largest conglomerates; in New York City. As the outgoing half of the fraternal duo, Bob Tisch, who once served as U.S. Postmaster General, is credited with inventing the "power breakfast," originally a meeting of corporate and civic leaders who gathered at his Regency hotel in the 1970s to help solve New York City's economic woes. Later he boosted tourism as chairman for 19 years of the city's visitors' bureau...
...Cashman, whose 45 points last year earned him Hobey Baker finalist honors. The Bobcats opened their season with two losses to Michigan on Oct. 7 and 8, but they won six straight before last weekend’s Harvard game, the ECAC opener. It was scheduled for the Hartford Civic Center, former home of the NHL’s Whalers. The 5,049-person crowd was the largest of any athletic event in Quinnipiac’s history, and dropping the ceremonial first puck was legend Gordie Howe, honorary chairman of the school’s Hudson United Bank Center...
...barred from the lobby. He said he had brought the sign as a last-minute gesture of support. “[Kelly] is a gentleman I feel deserves to be elected,” he said. Meanwhile, one student tried to capitalize on the election-day flow of civic-minded voters, expecting it to be more than just a trickle. Mina S. Makarious ‘06 stood outside the Quincy House gate on Plympton St., seeking signatures for a state petition for affordable healthcare. “We picked [this time] because we thought it would be busier...
...It’s a pattern. This is the trend in local elections,” said Winters, the editor of the online Cambridge Civic Journal...
...SHADOWIn a city of popular politicians with a strong hold on voter loyalty, DeBergalis found his niche two years ago by creating his own constituency.Students are a demographic long ignored by Cambridge pols, considered by most observers to be a transient group with little interest in the civic goings-on of their temporary home. DeBergalis cast aside this conventional wisdom and embraced students as an untapped resource, canvassing dormitories at Harvard and MIT and shaping his platform around student-friendly issues such as late-night restaurant hours and bicycle safety. A month before Election Day in 2003, longtime local pundit...