Word: electioneer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Our current housing crisis is doubtless a national problem that demands national policy changes. Next month's election is not going to make everything rosy in Central Square. Still, the elections will make an important difference.
On November 7, all politics will be local politics. Only student protest can ultimately check Harvard's administration, and only national politics can ultimately solve the housing crisis. November's election will not provide a sufficient solution to Cambridge's problems, but it is a necessary part of the solution...
Against long odds, the UMWA prevailed. And despite some setbacks, it has remained true to its purpose of protecting workers. When the union's leadership became infected with corruption in the 1960s, the rank-and-file membership ousted the corrupt administration of Tony Boyle in a democratic election.
Oprah and Geraldo should brace themselves. The Rev. Jesse Jackson is starting his own TV talk show. The two-time Democratic presidential candidate announced last week that he has signed on with a subsidiary of Warner Communications to produce Voices of America with Jesse Jackson, a weekly one-hour program...
Bush's hope is that by seducing the right he can pre-empt a conservative revolt that would complicate his re-election. "You just don't want them stirring up trouble," admits a senior Administration official. "If you can keep them happy now, then you're saving yourself a lot...