Word: dicara
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Even DiCara's book collection is dominated by writings on or by the Kennedys. Among the others are Horan's The Right Image and Shadeg's How to Win an Election. He hasn't read them, but it's nice to know they're there...
Amidst all the talk of the possibility of victory, there is the realization that Larry DiCara may not get the call in November, if he makes it that far. He's got alternate plans. DiCara can work full time for the Robert F. Kennedy Action Corps, a community development program he works two full days a week for right now. DiCara also likes to think there's a law school in his future and will apply to Boston's top institutions for admission...
...wins, we'll be glad." DiCara's father says matter-of-factly, "and if he doesn't, he's still young." He and Mrs. DiCara had "mixed feelings" about their son's decision to run, but were not surprised. "There are lots of pitfalls," Mr. DiCara continued. "You can get buffeted around." He and his wife remember the threatening calls after their son picked lottery numbers. And it was only a few summers ago, according to DiCara, that he was threatened by knife-wielding youths who, he said, thought he was being too kind to blacks at a Dorchester playground...
...parents don't like politics very much," DiCara said. "They'd much rather have me take the easy route-go to law school, work for Ropes and Gray, and live in Milton." On the other hand, his grandmother, who lives on the bottom floor of their two-family house, is more enthusiastic. "She's just a great old gal," DiCara smiled, "I think she gets a kick out of telling her friends about...
Thomas Connolly '72 and Paul Jarvie '71, both former Boston Latin students who have watched DiCara's political career, assert that even if he loses this year, he may come back to win the next time, as other young candidates have done in the past...