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City politicians here in Cambridge fall almost exclusively into two categories: the traditional, neighborhood-based Independents, and the liberal affiliates of the Cambridge Civic Association...
Rubber Soul. Detroit's 80-ft. tire began life as a Ferris wheel and was nearly removed in the mid-1980s. But civic pride has preserved Uniroyal's humongous hoop...
...heart of Central Square at 649 Mass Ave., volunteers for the Cambridge Civic Association (CCA)--the good-government municipal slate that has controlled the City Council for the past two years-are working overtime preparing press releases, organizing flyer campaigns and plotting political strategy...
...heart of Central Square at 649 Mass Ave., volunteers for the Cambridge Civic Association (CCA)--the good-government municipal slate that has controlled the City Council for the past two years--are working overtime preparing press releases, organizing flyer campaigns and plotting political strategy...
...Communist Party virtually disappeared overnight, its leadership disbanded, its offices padlocked, its funds frozen, its publications silenced -- though Pravda reappeared Saturday as an independent paper purportedly reflecting a "civic consensus." By a 283-to-29 vote, with 52 abstentions, the Supreme Soviet suspended party activities throughout the U.S.S.R., formalizing what had already been accomplished by decree in the individual republics. The Soviet parliament also dismissed the entire Cabinet of Ministers, which numbered around 70, after President Gorbachev announced with unaccustomed succinctness, "I cannot trust this Cabinet, and that is that." That leaves what is being called a "transitional government" -- transition...