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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Several candidates still reportedly are weighing an election bid: Rep. Joseph Mackey (D-Somerville); Rosemary Sansone, a top aide to Boston Mayor Raymond L. Flynn; and Richard Pennington, a Democratic Boston lawyer...

Author: By Jonathan M. Moses, | Title: Politicians Scrambling for O'Neill's Much-Coveted Congressional Seat | 10/22/1985 | See Source »

...some students display a sort of spooky fascination with war and arms. Says Andrea McElderry, a history professor at the University of Louisville: "War is just 'in' now." At the University of Wisconsin, a student named Stephen Mackey says, a little extravagantly, "Fascination with the Viet Nam War has just gripped my generation. The males in my generation are just obsessed. Theoretically and strategically, the war was really good. We're getting away from the Viet Nam phobia." Mackey will join the Marines this spring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Viet Nam: A Bloody Rite of Passage | 4/15/1985 | See Source »

Another local talent, Peter Mackey (6'6", 230) of Wellesley was a Bay State All-Star tight end in high school, but may end up at tackle if Harbard's tight end situation firms...

Author: By John Beilenson, | Title: New Soldiers For the Trench | 9/14/1981 | See Source »

...choirboys at the end of the song. Their angst is echoed on the mean streets just below the topiary of Beverly Hills: heroin, child abuse, pornography, snuff films and bizarre murder. When Film Studio Boss Nigel St. Claire is found with two .38-cal. bullets in his face, Al Mackey and Marty Welborn, a couple of Wambaugh's best creations, are called...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Those Blues in the Knights | 6/8/1981 | See Source »

...twice-divorced Mackey "chews on his gun sights" in whisky-fired night sweats. Welborn (one separation, compulsively neat) hangs upside down on an aluminum bar for his bad back, tormented by the loss of his altar-boy faith. But the blue knights possess a unique talent: as Captain Woofer, their boss, puts it, "Nobody's asking anybody to solve anything. I just like the way you two seem to clear every homicide." Seem is the operative word: they once convinced the department that a local cocaine dealer had committed suicide with a hatchet. As for nabbing real and careful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Those Blues in the Knights | 6/8/1981 | See Source »

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