Word: eight
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Dreary weather and a general lack of interest kept voter turnout low, but eight candidates for the Boston City Council--including all four incumbents--survived yesterday's preliminary election, earning spots on the final ballot November...
...sorry for not coming last week. I was sick," I announced to the small, dark room where eight-year-old Maritza sat basking in the irregular glow of the television set. Guilt strangled me, because I knew I could, and should, have gone...
...time I think about Maritza I feel the same sadness and disenchantment, as well as a pervading sense of guilt. I remember walking back to Harvard that evening, overwhelmed by the knowledge I could no longer avoid: I hate myself for not being able to cope with an apathetic eight-year-old to whom I'm supposed to be a good example. I had realized that long before that night, but I didn't want to admit--even to myself--that I had failed as a Big Sister...
...entirely isolated in his struggle. His young son stands by him. So do a scrappy journalist (Susan Sarandon in an underdeveloped role) and a weary, canny lawyer, played by Marlon Brando. In his first movie role in eight years, Brando is shockingly bloated in appearance, but his full authority as an actor is mobilized by a part in which he obviously believes (he was paid union scale...
...After eight months in his mahogany-paneled office overlooking the Lincoln Memorial, First Friend Baker is not even running foreign policy -- the President handles that. After a rocky start in a new field, the legendary political operative is still taking lumps from critics who argue he is quick to cut a deal, such as the bipartisan accord on Nicaragua, but slow to present a consistent strategy for critical areas like Eastern Europe and the Middle East...