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Dates: during 1970-1979
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"If he can get away with that, it will be an attack on every professor not just in the U.S., but in the world," Putnam added.

Author: By Wendy L. Wall, | Title: 500 Area Professors Request Removal of B.U.'s President | 11/19/1979 | See Source »

Watching Harvard's number 32 move the football Saturday against Yale, it seemed as if Cleveland's Jim Brown or San Francisco's O.J. Simpson had joined the Ivy League. But after the Crimson had sealed a decisive 22-7 victory over the Elis, the game's leading rusher took...

Author: By Nell Scovell, | Title: Callinan Charges Harvard Offense | 11/19/1979 | See Source »

There is inherent danger in emphasizing personal tactics to the exclusion of the CCA. Under Cambridge's proportional representation system, the second preference votes often turn out to be crucial in deciding the last few council seats--for many years they gave the CCA a fourth seat. If personal dynasties...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Wouldn't It Be Nice? | 11/16/1979 | See Source »

Appealing personally to voters will require more than a conscious decision, however. Strong candidates must be found, personalities voters can develop a fondness for. Sullivan may fit that bill, as may School Committee member Alice Wolf, who piled up city-wide support and a record number of votes in her...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Wouldn't It Be Nice? | 11/16/1979 | See Source »

Increasing slate loyalty among black voters is another way the CCA could improve its electoral performance. Three black candidates--Saundra Graham. Alvin Thompson and Severlin Singleton--ran for council this year. Only one, incumbent Graham, was elected. The second-choice votes on the ballots cast for all three tended to...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Wouldn't It Be Nice? | 11/16/1979 | See Source »

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