Word: dicara
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...DiCara's style of politics is based on the ability to match names with faces. "Some people play football, some are good in chemistry, I can remember names," he explained a week ago. "I do have trouble with girls' names,"he admitted. To help him keep tabs on Harvard students, DiCara files all four freshman registers on a shelf in his Quincy room...
...Boston Latin he knew everyone and their grandmother and aunt," classmate John Diodato recalled. And when driving through his Dorchester neighborhood Monday night, DiCara tooted and waved to young boys whom he could identify despite the darkness...
...politicians is encyclopedic. He's written detailed position papers on road construction and redistricting and knows which politicians represent each district in and around Boston. "I'm probably the only one in the room, and maybe the city, who knows the names of all the State Senators," DiCara mused while eating chile Monday in Quincy House Dining Hall...
...hard to trace DiCara's political roots. "No one in my family ever did anything more political than vote," DiCara has said. His father recalls only that Larry was "never shy" with people...
Eventually, there were clear indications that DiCara was no ordinary Dorchester child. "I gave up on the funnies when I was ten or so, and I haven't read them since," DiCara said. Instead he read the news page. "Around fifth grade I discovered Jack K??nedy. For the next five years I ??ched his every move, his every...