Word: coxes
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...relatively modest. Earlier this year, Southwestern Bell acquired two cable systems in the metro Washington area -- far outside its operating region. Similarly, Pacific Telesis took an option to buy a cable system in Chicago, although it will need special permission to send cable programming to the system by satellite. Cox Enterprises and Tele-Communications Inc. (TCI), the world's largest cable-TV operator, joined forces last year to buy Teleport, a company that provides a telephone service not covered by the Cable Act: private branch exchanges to business customers...
...Cox and others have different recollections. They say Johnson, a longtime supporter of former Mayor Kevin H. White, had to leave because incoming Mayor Raymond L. Flynn was likely to find Johnson a replacement as deputy superintendent...
Johnson has been a police officer for nearly four decades. He quietly worked his way up through the ranks, gaining promotion in sergeant in the Boston police force in 1975, according to his former collage, Cox...
...main thing would be his demeanor," says Cox. 'He always spoke softly with measured speech, never raised his voice, never threatened or cajoled...
...think it was more political itself," Cox says now of the decision to leave. "With Ray Flynn coming in, I think he saw he was going to be affected by that clean sweep...