Word: mayor
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...perhaps the biggest threat to the industry is the growing talk of cities' suing. Philadelphia Mayor Ed Rendell seemed to inspire a trend in January when he said he was considering filing a lawsuit to recoup the $58.8 million in gun-related costs his city spends each year on everything from police expenses to the cost of literally cleaning the blood off sidewalks. Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley has spoken of filing a suit to recoup costs and stop gun shops outside the city from selling guns to Chicago residents who have not legally registered with the city...
...President's reformist efforts. Conservative-controlled state radio immediately dismissed Albright's olive branch as nothing new, demanding that the U.S. apologize for a half-century of wrongs toward Iran. In a domestic power struggle that has intensified in the past month, the hard-liners have put the moderate mayor of Tehran on trial on corruption charges, ousted a key Khatami Cabinet minister and ordered the closure of a new liberal newspaper licensed under the President's pledge of greater press freedom. "What we are seeing," says Tehran University political scientist Nasser Hadian, "is a fight for the soul...
...June 24, Rudenstine met with Xu Kangdi, the mayor of Shanghai, and the two leaders discussed Shanghai's economic and educational development. According to Wen Hui Bao, a major Chinese newspaper, both Rudenstine and Xu expressed hope for greater exchange andcooperation between universities in America and inthose in Shanghai...
Rumor: Giuliani likes George Steinbrenner. Fact: Of all the vicious, scurrilous things said about our mayor, this is the worst. The mayor does not "like" anyone. He simply recognizes the Yankee owner as a trustworthy and fair-minded sports executive whose goal is to exchange the musty old Yankee Stadium that New Yorkers find so sterile and bland for a sparkling modern entertainment venue in a more affluent district, one closer to theme restaurants and uninfested by rude squeegee...
Rumor: Giuliani enjoys wearing dresses, platinum blond wigs and high heels. Fact: The mayor does not "enjoy" appearing in drag. He dons female apparel whenever possible only because it is his obligation, as chief representative and symbol of a metropolis whose economy depends greatly on the entertainment industry, to entertain. To refuse to do so would be uncivil, indeed downright rude...