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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although all the votes have been cast inCambridge's fall 1989 election, the contest isstill far from over. Because Cambridge uses anarcane system of proportional representation forCity Council and School Committee elections,election officials count all ballots by hand--aprocess which can take as long as a week...
Perhaps too hard. In the varied scandals involving improper political influence that have beset the capital, one name keeps popping up: Alfonse D'Amato. Last week D'Amato even became entangled in New York City's increasingly nasty mayoralty contest between Republican Rudolph Giuliani, the Mob-busting former U.S. Attorney, and Democrat David Dinkins. D'Amato conceded that he had telephoned Giuliani in 1984 and 1985 to pass along pleas for a review of charges or reduced prison sentences for Mobsters Paul Castellano and Mario Gigante. Giuliani refused to intercede...
...deceptively simple design -- entry No. 1,026 in a contest she never dreamed she would win -- had enabled America not only finally to confront the outcome of the Viet Nam War but also to begin the long process of healing. The memorial made it possible for the country to come together and honor those who had served -- those who had died and those who had come home to anything but a hero's welcome. Lin was proud of her achievement, yet disillusioned by the negative reactions her design had initially elicited ("a black gash of shame," to cite...
...rare move, this year the judges for the contest decided to split the prize, rather than select an outright winner. In addition, the judges chose two collections for honorable mention, Michael H. Choi '91 and Robert J. O'Hara, a graduate student. A total of nine students applied for the award...
...championship contest features two key matchups which could well decide its outcome. Harvard Co-Captain Char Joslin, the favorite for Ivy Player of the Year, will be pitted against one of Brown's two best players, Natalie Montero. Senior Co-Captain Erin O'Brien will face the other--Montero's sister Christine...