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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...blue and yellow. He's standing on the ground floor of the Footlight Club and there are "Timilty for Mayor" signs in front of the discolights. The music is very loud--as are the costumes. And as he stands next to some huge guy in a massive sombrero. Timilty looks decidedly uncomfortable. A young woman dressed up as Mr. Bill from Saturday Night Live screeches up to the candidate and asks to take his picture. Her friend, in a President Carter costume, stands next to Timilty and the mask grins like an idiot. Timilty grins, too--but he just doesn...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Joe Timilty's Lonely Campaign | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

...issue in a lot of densely populated cities around the country that all start to look like Manhattan," City Councilor Francis H. Duehay, who sponsored the question, says. He adds that possible regulations would invoke height and setback limitations to encourage appropriate development...

Author: By Elizabeth H. Wiltshire, | Title: The Referendum: Gauging City Sentiment | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

Boston voters will pick a mayor tomorrow and the names on the ballot will look very familiar. Incumbent Kevin H. White is seeking a fourth term and State Senator Joseph F. Timilty is trying for the third time to unseat him. Timilty nearly beat White in the 1975 election following the height of the Boston busing crisis, Watergate, and a series of attacks on the ethics of the White administration. The outcome of tomorrow's contest hinges on Timilty as the alternative candidate and on the changing nature of the city's population...

Author: By Dewitt C. Jones iv and Elizabeth H. Wiltshire, S | Title: The Road Ahead | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

Although somewhat upstaged by the Pope's visit and the dedication of the Kennedy Library, the stonings of school buses in Southie in September and the shooting of Darryl Williams could have forced Boston voters to look at the alternative candidate a little more closely. But the recent violence, as the mayor asserts (and is having police commissioner Joseph Jordan prove), is more isolated than it was in 1974 and 1975. Local media polls indicate that White will still win the election...

Author: By Dewitt C. Jones iv and Elizabeth H. Wiltshire, S | Title: The Road Ahead | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

...center circle and various other miniature oceans dispersed throughout the field, the conditions were better suited to the Crimson's manager, swimmer Maura Costin. However, Harvard halfback Sara Fischer justified her nickname, "Fish," while teammate Jeanne Piersiak's fancy footwork made Gene Kelly's "Singing in the Rain" routine look like kidstuff...

Author: By Nell Scovell, | Title: Women Booters Capture Ivies | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

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