Word: council
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...small, but concentrated number of votes can swing an election. Given the City's poor record on constructing low-income housing in recent years, an organizing campaign for more low-income housing--with an implicit threat of action at the polls--might prove remarkably efficient in spurring the City Council to more vigorous support for housing...
...council, of course, has much less power than the City Manager, but it retains one vital power: firing the City Manager. Two Cambridge City Mangers have been fired within the last three years. The threat of another firing would probably assure that the current manager, James L. Sullivan, would follow up on his promising beginning in the housing area. Sullivan is reputed to want to "make a name for himself" while City Manager here; beginning a large-scale program for construction of low-rent housing by the City and the universities would be one good...
...Harvard Graduate Student Council last week urged the Graduate Committee on Fellowships to study the feasibility of guaranteeing financial aid to graduate students beyond the present one year period...
...letter to Regina H. Phelps '30, committee chairman and acting GSAS dean, the Council (GSC) said that controversy over guaranteed aid proposals made it necessary to study their potential scope and the ability of the University to finance them...
Rent raises would be approved by a seven-man rent board. Five of the board members are to be elected by the citizens of Cambridge and two appointed by the City Council...