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...dirtiest race in the Commonwealth this year is between State Treasurer Robert Q. Crane and Republican L. Joyce Hampers. While Hampers aggressively paints the 22-year incumbent as a good old boy from the days of the smoke-filled room and the well-greased palm, Crane has attacked the Republican's record during her tenure as State Revenue Commissioner under Governor Edward J. King...

Author: By Martha A. Bridegam, | Title: Mud Flies Between State Treasurer Candidates | 11/3/1986 | See Source »

...Ilario Zannino was heard explaining how dangerous it is to kill just one member of a gang. "If you're clipping people," he said, "I always say, make sure you clip the people around him first. Get them together, 'cause everybody's got a friend. He could be the dirtiest (expletive) in the world, but someone that likes this guy, that's the guy that sneaks you." They heard Zannino and John Cincotti complaining about a competing Irish gang of hoods. Said Cincotti: "They don't have the scruples that we have." Zannino agreed. "You know how I knew they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hitting the Mafia | 9/29/1986 | See Source »

...Brian Offutt and Steve Smith: apparently you two do more than "party together," as the council learned Sunday. You also perpetrate disgusting political collusion together. What hypocrites--you, who accuse Melissa Lane and others of "politicizing" the council, use the dirtiest political tricks to maintain your positions in that same council. You are a disgrace to the Harvard Undergraduate Council; I call on both of you to resign immediately. And I challenge you to dispute the assertions made in this letter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Council | 2/19/1986 | See Source »

Aquino also declared victory, eight hours after the polls closed. In a statement, she said that "the trend is clear and irreversible. The people and I have won, and we know it." Aquino Spokesman Rene Saguisag added that the election had been "the dirtiest we have ever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Philippines Standoff in Manila | 2/17/1986 | See Source »

Rene Saguisag, a lawyer Aquino spokesman, said the election was "the dirtiest we have ever...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Aquino Leads Marcos in Early Balloting | 2/8/1986 | See Source »

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