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...three of the outgoing council members--Saundra Graham, David E. Sullivan and Alfred E. Vellucci--have been key backers of a progressive agenda for the city. Their loss will be keenly felt during the next two years, unless voters replace them with an equally vigilant team of pro-tenant council members committed to limiting development...
SUPPORTERS of 1-2-3 try to cover up the negative impact of their proposal on the poor by dwelling on proposition 3, which suggests that surplus tax revenue would be used to subsidize rents or build affordable housing. David E. Sullivan, long-time Cambridge City councillor, called this provision a shady appeal to "liberal guilt...
...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...
...what if ethnic or nationalist rivalries erupt? Suppose Soviet and East European notions of reform become incompatible? What if, for instance, Hungary or Poland should choose to withdraw from the Warsaw Pact? "We keep thinking that Hungary, Poland and East Germany have hit the threshold of Soviet forbearance," says David Ratford, a Soviet and East European expert in the British Foreign Office. "We are at a loss to explain how the threshold has been moved time and time again...
However, Rosenberg's crew this year has been far from dominant. Guard Dave Tauber is the only returning starter from last season's 0-9-1 team, while junior center Alan Christianson and sophomore guard David Cromack brought no varsity experience into this season. The starting tackles didn't even play on the offensive line last year--senior Steve Harrison is a converted tight end and junior David Slates used to start at defensive tackle...