Word: hub
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Kearney predicts that Black Rep. Harold Washington's victory in last week's well-publicized Chicago mayoral election will encourage an increased minority voter turnout that will benefit state Rep. Melvin H. King, the only Black in the Boston field. But he doubts that the Hub will replay the Chicago scenario. "Boston is a different city than Chicago in terms of demographics," he explains, adding, "I don't have any reason to believe that this campaign will take on those racial dimensions...
...hub of the play is the teen-age Eugene, portrayed with winning deadpan guile by Matthew Broderick. He acts as narrator, a kind of perky tourist guide to darkest Depression Brooklyn. He is possessed by two maddeningly tantalizing desires: to play for the New York Yankees and to behold a naked woman while eating an ice cream cone...
...idea seemed as simple as A B C. Republic Airlines introduced a new promotional scheme in January, hoping to lure more passengers during the slow, off-peak season. Under the plan, travelers taking the Minneapolis-based carrier from one smallish city (A) to another (C) via a large hub town like Atlanta (B) before March 30 would earn a free pass for a round trip to any of 63 destinations. The passes are good until June...
...Boston mayoral candidate Melvin H. King, the only Black candidate in an expected field of six challengers to in cumbent Kevin H. White, the issue of race is integral to his campaign and to Hub politics as a whole...
...soft-spoken man, but insists he has the visibility and stature in a large working-class constituency to be the Hub's next mayor...