Word: mayoral
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...political lame duck's views expressed in interviews and public comments reveal the sweeping reversals that have taken place among some of Israel's ultra-nationalists. Olmert says Israel should withdraw from "almost all" of the West Bank and Golan Heights. A former mayor of "the undivided capital of the Jewish state," he now advocates dividing Jerusalem with the Palestinians. He wants to keep some of the Jewish settlements that adjoin Israel's pre-1967 border but accepts giving the future Palestinian state Israeli territory in a land swap with a "close to 1-to-1-ratio." "The notion...
...than the inky-fingered trade. In 1976, after holding a variety of titles at the top of the masthead, he left journalism, becoming the founding chairman of the Citizens Committee for New York City, a pioneering nonprofit that encouraged voluntary efforts, and then became the city's first deputy mayor for economic development. He later served as dean of Columbia University's graduate school of journalism...
...vision in planning this year’s event was two-fold: creating a bridge among black college students, and between college students and the greater Boston community. Saturday’s event featured a speech by Boston City Councillor Chuck Turner, a reading of a proclamation by Cambridge Mayor E. Denise Simmons, and 15 tables with community representatives. The event also included entertainment by DJ Nix in the Mix of BET, eight talent acts, a dance competition, a step competition, and a raffle. Justin R. Gerrard ’10, the founder of Mr. Livingston Clothing, said that...
...much use for high-rises "as a hog has for a morning coat." By 1991, Charlotte was still a minor-league city without major-league sports, a cultural wasteland with a central business district that died every weekday after work. "No restaurants. No nightlife. Nothing," recalls seven-term Republican mayor Pat McCrory. "You could lie down in the street and never have to worry about getting run over." A local planner gained notoriety by proving it was impossible to find a Snickers bar downtown after 5 o'clock...
...three, but it’s still anybody’s ballgame.Then there’s Brown, a team that looks like it might make a run but in all likelihood will back out of the race sometime in the middle of the season. Think New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg.Penn, Cornell and Princeton aren’t going to be taken seriously by anyone, but could pull a Ralph Nader and be a pain in the ass enough to be accused of ruining somebody else’s run (Hey Al Gore!).Finally, we have Columbia. The Lions...