Word: mayors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...very worried about the future under Proposition 2-1/2," said Vice Mayor Alice K. Wolf said, of a state regulation limiting the rate at which local governments increase residential taxes to 2-1/2 percent per year...
...their Carolina neighbors in heartwarming fashion, sending up to 30 truckloads of supplies a day into the devastated Charleston area. U.S. Marines on bulldozers removed rubble, and Navy personnel repaired bridges and provided generators. Congress passed a $1.1 billion relief fund for all Hugo's American victims, but Charleston Mayor Joseph Riley complained mildly that Washington may not have "understood" the "extent of the damage." President Bush belatedly visited the area for two hours on Friday. Responding to complaints that federal help had been too slow, Bush said he understood the "frustration," even while he insisted that "the Federal Government...
...televised media event on the eve of celebrations marking the 40th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China was the most public step yet in the grooming of Jiang, 63, to succeed 85-year-old party patriarch Deng Xiaoping. When Jiang, the mayor of Shanghai, was selected in June to replace ousted General Secretary Zhao Ziyang, most Chinese were surprised. An engineer who lacks both a political power base and ties to the increasingly influential military, Jiang was considered a seat warmer ultimately destined for lesser things...
...They intend to build something-like I intend to hit the lottery next week," said Mayor Alfred E. Vellucci. "But I never...
...unanimous vote, the council passed Mayor Alfred E. Vellucci's resolution condemning Mobutu, who is slated to speak at the Kennedy School of Government Thursday. The bill, which passed with no debate, charged Mobutu's government with numerous human rights abuses and said that he had denied basic political rights to the people of Zaire...