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...television season, along with other worthies, in paint on little flat rocks. He calls it "rock-art," and among the offerings we found that afternoon were Gerald R. Ford, Ed Asner, the gruff editor of Mary Tyler Moore fame, a rock with Mike on it (Douglas, that is), Merv (Griffin), even one with Pat Mitchell (I know who she is but I'm not sure what to call whatever it is that she does). Even Mary Hartman was preserved on stone. The only face missing from Aldo's rock pile is the face behind the marketplace, the senior legislator...

Author: By Henry Griggs, | Title: Al Vellucci: Pepperoni and homemade wine | 9/24/1976 | See Source »

Leslie "Skip" Griffin '70, a black who Garrity lured from a job in the Cambridge schools to become assistant headmaster in South Boston, tells a similar story. "There was an incident that started up in the cafeteria, some insults exchanged. I went up to the black kid involved and told him, 'stay cool, man; go along with us.' He immediately moved to the back of the room and stayed there. Now there was nothing I could have done if that kid hadn't decided to do that. This was a big kid. But I guess this guy decided to trust...

Author: By Mark T. Whitaker, | Title: Not quite the same old song | 9/24/1976 | See Source »

Leslie "Skip" Griffin '70, a black who Garrity lured from a job in the Cambridge schools to become assistant headmaster in South Boston, tells a similar story. "There was an incident that started up in the cafeteria, some insults exchanged. I went up to the black kid involved and told him, 'stay cool, man; go along with us.' He immediately moved to the back of the room and stayed there. Now there was nothing I could have done if that kid hadn't decided to do that. This was a big kid. But I guess this guy decided to trust...

Author: By Mark T. Whitaker, | Title: Not quite the same old song | 9/20/1976 | See Source »

...trusted Griffin came from Roxbury, he might well have felt that he had enough problems to deal with without expulsion from school, problems that have continued through all the years that all the campaign stickers, now shreds of paper flying in the morning wind, have built up on the side of the Marcus Garvey House a few blocks up the hill from Dudley Station--"Vote White," "Vote Kennedy," "Let's Do It Again, Elect Bill Owens" (the state senator). Even with desegregation, Boston inner-city residents will have to cope with their version of the ills that have caused...

Author: By Mark T. Whitaker, | Title: Not quite the same old song | 9/20/1976 | See Source »

...campaign, Griffin will be a key strategist, and could be called upon for a larger role if Ford fails to close the gap opened by Jimmy Carter. Should Ford eventually win, his fellow Michigander and former House Colleague Griffin could have a key appointive post. More probably, he would choose to remain in the Senate, and move up to Republican leader next January...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WINNERS & LOSERS: Some Soared, Some Sank | 8/30/1976 | See Source »

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