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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Some of his policies are debatable," says Martinelli. "But he has always been the largest vote-getter. The Sullivans are deeply involved in the city and county politics, and no one has had the length of influence as they have...

Author: By Elsa C. Arnett, | Title: Mayor Sullivan's Family Honored for 50 Years in Local Politics | 10/21/1986 | See Source »

...Everyone was worried last year [about the supposed MDC crackdown] but there were kegs all over the place," said Gaffney. "It's too convenient," he continued. "We just happen to live a few minutes away from the world's largest party...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Is Anyone Over-age ? | 10/18/1986 | See Source »

...Head is a three-mile upstream race featuring 780 boats and 3500 competitors in 14 different events, making it the country's largest single-day rowing event...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: It's That Time of Year Again | 10/18/1986 | See Source »

...United States trade deficit, which made the country the largest debtor nation in 1985, will cause a worldwide depression in the next five years, the chairman of GTE told a Business school audience yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Deficit Threatens Depression | 10/17/1986 | See Source »

...their part, political leaders have courted poets, supported poets, quoted poets. Some have even been poets. Henry VIII, who liked to write verse when he wasn't making life brutish or short for his wives. Chairman Mao, who, when visited by the muse, commanded the largest audience for poetry in history. Poet Leopold Senghor, former President of Senegal. Poet Jose Sarney, current President of Brazil. If political leaders happen not to be poets, they can always seek one's company, so that he may write them into immortality or simply decorate a hard, unlyrical business. John Kennedy had genuine affection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Poetry and Politics | 10/13/1986 | See Source »

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