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...seems friendlier and more collegial in tone. Many at the court considered the former Chief manipulative, believing, for example, that he assigned opinions in dreary cases to Justices as punishment. Rehnquist is less formal and bureaucratic than his predecessor, and "doesn't take himself that seriously," says a former clerk. In the conferences, where Justices announce their intended votes and reasons, the Chief describes each case briefly and gives his views first. Burger sometimes rambled on and lost his place. Rehnquist is expected to state the issues more sharply and succinctly. The discussion will now end on a strong intellectual...
Also last night, the council appointed Acting City Clerk Joseph E. Connarton to take over the position permanently...
Connarton, who has worked in the city clerk's office for 13 years, has been filling in for the current city clerk, Paul Healy, who recently announced that he would resign on October...
...theirs is no more odd than a gathering of philatelists. They desire a sober and evenhanded report for once, and so, as far as this department is concerned, they shall have it. The dearth of seriousness in the lines that preceded these is regretfully noted, and the clerk is instructed to strike them from the record...
...when about 25 local companies began pledging jobs to the city's high school graduates under a unique undertaking called the Boston Compact. Last year the Compact, in which 350 firms now take part, provided jobs to 823 high school graduates, most of them entry-level positions, such as clerk and secretary, at an average salary of $5.30 an hour. The program has already helped to reduce the city's unemployment rate for high school graduates to 4.5%, well below the national level of 17%. Delegations from as far away as Sweden and France have visited Boston to examine...