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What this adds up to, says Ramseur, is a vigorous shakeup of the city's Plan E form of government, which was instituted in the 1940s to curb corruption and political patronage. It was these reform efforts that led to the creation...
Under Plan E, the city has a "weak-mayor" form of government, in which almost all executive power is vested in a city manager. The mayor, elected by the city council from its own ranks, plays a mostly ceremonial role, and while the council ultimately shapes city policy, councillors are prohibited from interfering with city employees...
...developer Melvin Sembler, 59, has been nominated as envoy to Australia, and his sometime partner Joseph Zappala, 56, is proposed for Spain. Both are members of Team 100, a roster of G.O.P. contributors who gave more than $100,000 to party causes in the past year. On his qualifications form, under the heading "Languages Spoken," Sembler listed "English (fluent...
Talk is the sex of the '80s. In a time when you can hardly initiate a handshake without a note from your doctor, conversation is not just a white- collar mating dance; it is the most intimate form of safe sex. Over the telephone or a restaurant table, a man and a woman expose their emotions, exchange seminal fears and desires, make each other laugh and sob -- all without touching any organ but the heart. Talk is the consummation devoutly to be wished; no wonder they call it intercourse. It is confession without penance, therapy on the cheap...
Last week M-19 agreed to put down its guns. Saying he was "ready for the big leap," rebel leader Carlos Pizarro Leon-Gomez, 37, signed an agreement with the government to demobilize in exchange for a general amnesty and the right to form a political party that could participate in elections scheduled for next December...