Word: mayoral
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...Cambridge Mayor E. Denise Simmons said she agreed, saying that Cambridge’s “astute fiscal responsibility” has given it some room to maneuver through the crisis. But Simmons, who chairs the school committee, said the schools would not be unaffected...
Arkady Gaydamak, the enigmatic Israeli-Russian billionaire, thought he had his campaign for mayor of Jerusalem all gamed out. He was hoping that a win by his Beitar football team last week would boost his chances in the Nov. 11 vote. Indeed, Beitar started strong against rivals Ha'poel from Tel Aviv. Twice, his players sprinted up field, shaking off defenders to take cannonball shots at the goal, but twice the ball struck the crossbar. Beitar was scoreless. Then, in the last six minutes of the game, Ha'poel drilled in two goals. The Jerusalem fans left in a foul...
Elsewhere in Berlin, a Mozart requiem and concert for violin by Felix Mendelssohn will be performed by the philharmonic chamber orchestra. The mayor will accompany a ceremonial procession from the old city hall in Alexanderplatz in former East Berlin to the so-called new synagogue in the center of the city, where an exhibit of rare photographs of the event entitled "Fire! Anti-Jewish Terror on Kristallnacht" is being shown...
...mayor of Berlin, Klaus Wowereit, used the coming anniversary to repeat calls for the far-right National Democratic Party, which holds seats in several local parliaments, to be banned from German public life, as politicians across the country urge heightened vigilance against anti-Semitism. Some 800 anti-Semitic incidents have been recorded so far this year, resulting in injuries to more than two dozen people...
...will go to someone else: A Duncan nod could risk upsetting Chicago mayor Richard Daley, a vocal advocate of the Chicago schools' chief...