Word: deguglielmo
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Even if a man can be found for the job, he might not necessarily have the full support of the coalition which removed DeGuglielmo. At the last minute, the mercurial Vellucci might balk at letting an "outsider" come in to run the City. The new manager will face the task of working with men whom DeGuglielmo termed "live, red-blooded (and often factious) politicians...
...Save DeGug, save DeGug--how can I save DeGug when I'm trying to save a hospital for the mothers of Cambridge," he roared, recounting how he had tried to have the City's maternity ward moved to the seventh floor of the new City hospital which, he said, DeGuglielmo let Harvard have for "experiments on dogs,...cats...and monkeys...
...usual, the oratory that evening changed nothing. The majority five held together, confirming DeGuglielmo's dismissal...
Another, and possibly final round, was fought last Monday as the two council factions clashed over the legality of the removal motion. DeGuglielmo's supporters then reiterated their opposition to an interim manager, but to no avail. The majority five, plus Sullivan, voted to appoint Public Works Commissioner Ralph J. Dunphy to the post...
...alternative--allowing DeGuglielmo to ramain as an interim manager--was hardly more feasible. As a "lame duck" lacking the confidence of the council majority, he would have had to sound them out on any decision other than the most routine. DeGuglielmo probably knew this, and it is unlikely that he really expected to remain as interim manager. The bloc opposing him had waited two years to dismiss him; they had the votes, and, as one councillor put it, "the ball game was over...