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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...effort to stake out his political identity after his election defeat, Dukakis outlines his goals for the second half of his gubernatorial term. He lashes out at critics of his fiscal policy but offers no concrete plan to rescue the state from its growing fiscal problems. Boston Mayor Raymond Flynn, considered by many to be a top contender for the governership in 1990, announces that he will not be candidate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: From Cambridge to Washington | 6/8/1989 | See Source »

...Cambridge Mayor Alfred E. Vellucci, a fixture of Cambridge politics and one of the architects of rent control, announces that he will not seek re-election to the city council next fall. His departure, along with those of Sullivan and Graham, throw the city's liberal forces into turmoil...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: From Cambridge to Washington | 6/8/1989 | See Source »

...made a choice of doing what I enjoy most. It's difficult for people to understand when there's a higher office available, but I love being mayor of the City of Boston...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Notable Quotables | 6/8/1989 | See Source »

...Boston Mayor Raymond Flynn, announcing that he will not run for the state's highest post after Gov. Michael S. Dukakis said he would not seek reelection...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Notable Quotables | 6/8/1989 | See Source »

...troops first appeared in Beijing's suburbs, they were met by crowds of citizens who peacefully blocked their path -- a Chinese version of "flower power." According to some Western analysts, the army leaders were made hesitant by the ambiguity of their situation. For example, the capital's hard-line mayor and party secretary passed on the martial-law order to the Beijing military command but without instructions as to when and how force was to be used...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China Backed by the army and Deng Xiaoping, Beijing's hard-liners win the edge over moderates in a closed-door struggle for power | 6/5/1989 | See Source »

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