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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Kerrigan, whose controversial close friendship with Michael Lombardo, the city school repairs contractor, apparently did him little harm, finished comfortably ahead of Paul R. Tierney in the school committee race...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lindsay, Stokes Win Second Terms; Mrs. Hicks on Top | 11/5/1969 | See Source »

...tight thinness of a mother's face, prematurely aging, lacks the poetic power it initially possessed. Close-ups of every sort of face flourish in such quantity that interesting subject matter alone is not enough...

Author: By Cynthia Saltzman, | Title: The Gallerygoer Ben Shahn As Photographer | 11/5/1969 | See Source »

These pictures let the viewer perceive the hardness of the concrete handball court and the emptiness of the rubble-filled lot. Unlike records of desolate faces these more abstract photographs do not call for a calculated response. We must come close to the picture, search the indefinite spaces to discover our feelings toward...

Author: By Cynthia Saltzman, | Title: The Gallerygoer Ben Shahn As Photographer | 11/5/1969 | See Source »

...Manager struggle of 1965-68, has made Hayes a controversial figure. He has been running scared this time taking half hour radio spots over local radio, and talking himself hoarse to voters at rallies and over the telephone. Hayes may make it again this time, but it will be close; if he fails, Leonard J. Russell (Ind.)-who got a respectable total of 9-10 "number ones" last time-seems as good a bet as any to take his place...

Author: By William R. Galeota, | Title: Cambridge Council Race | 11/3/1969 | See Source »

...problem Hayes faces is, of course, how to get enough number one votes to get elected. He faces stiff opposition from Francis Duchay, a professor at the Ed School and a School Committee member, and several other liberal candidates whose ideas are close to Hayes'. The trouble with the PR system is that it forces all candidates to run city-wide and pits similar candidates against each other for support. Hayes never attacks Duchay or any of the other candidates, rather he tries to concentrate specifically on selling his own program...

Author: By Tom Southwick, | Title: School Committee Race: A New Face | 11/1/1969 | See Source »

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