Word: mayor
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...elite Qinghua University in Beijing. Considered an up-and-coming cadre, he was purged as a "rightist" in 1957 for criticizing government policy, then purged again in 1965, at the start of the Cultural Revolution. Rehabilitated in 1979, he worked his way up fast, and in 1988 was named mayor of Shanghai...
...almost too perfect. The volcanic mayor of the new and improved New York City was on his way to speak at Our Lady of Pompeii church. That's Pompeii as in the city buried under the molten lava of Mount Vesuvius. What if Rudy Giuliani, in the middle of his big civility campaign, blew his top as the gathering of seniors digested their lunch of franks and beans...
...wasn't a surprise," says George Rogers, who has been a New Bedford city councilor for 20 years and is a former mayor of the Whaling City...
...Stephen L. Furtado, an aide to NewBedford's recently inaugurated mayor Frederick M.Kalisz Jr., says changes are already in the worksfor New Bedford's economy...
...Fishing and apparel will always be a part ofthe city, but it is really time to think aboutwhat will succeed these industries," said John K.Bullard '69, an IOP fellow and a former mayor ofNew Bedford...