Word: electable
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Nearby cities who sent officials include Somerville. Arlington and Boston, which was represented by city councilor and mayor elect Raymond I. Flynn
...Boston Mayor-elect Flynn...
Overall, the Democrats probably came out slightly ahead. Mississippi and Kentucky, the only states to elect Governors last week, both chose new Democrats. Those successes preserve the party's overwhelming (35 to 15) control of U.S. Governors' mansions, a significant power base for the 1984 elections...
...days after the election, Alfonsin retreated to a ranch at an undisclosed location to plan his agenda. The most immediate problem is the country's growing debt. Alfonsin inherits an agreement with the International Monetary Fund for short-term loans to prevent a default, in exchange for the imposition of austerity measures. Bernardo Grinspun, the President-elect's chief economic adviser, estimates that Argentina will need at least $14 billion next year simply to meet its debt payments. During the campaign, Alfonsin promised to study the repayment agreements, but his advisers say they will not be discarded...
From the steps of Memorial Church, Womack called the Reagan Administration "a bunch of rich, arrogant, fascist warmongers, but nonetheless cowardly dummies." He added that the true motive behind the move was to "re-elect the old joker they...