Word: mayors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Democratic Party ladder while more dynamic black leaders overshadowed him. Seemingly content to forge a career based more on amiability than activism, he had never displayed the ruthless ambition and toughness most New Yorkers thought it took to reach the top. Says his old friend and former Deputy Mayor Basil Patterson: "David was always showing...
...lapses, the explanations were slow in coming. With more time, Giuliani might have been able to capitalize on his reputation as one of the nation's toughest lawmen. When the candidates squared off in televised debates, Dinkins complained that Giuliani was behaving more like a prosecutor than a mayor. Giuliani fired back, "I think the people of this town want a mayor who has nothing to fear from a prosecutor...
...York Governor Mario Cuomo observes that what Dinkins does with his victory is "more relevant" than the number of votes that carried him into office. If the new mayor is to justify the hopes invested in him, he will have to display something more than the clubby conciliation that marked his previous career. The problems of crime, drugs, homelessness and substandard education cry out for solution or at least amelioration. The infrastructure is literally blowing up, with a seemingly endless series of water-main explosions. Especially worrying are Dinkins' close ties to powerful labor unions, some of which may clamor...
Dinkins' campaign manager Bill Lynch insists that the new mayor's consensus- building style will enhance his ability to deal with New York's seemingly intractable problems. Says Lynch: "The image that you have to be a tough guy to be mayor of New York is wrong." Perhaps, but the choices that the new mayor will face are certainly going to be tough. Says Ray Harding, head of the Liberal Party and Giuliani's earliest political ally: "David Dinkins brings tranquillity, and that's evidently what New York wants." As tough times hit, New York might need much more than...
Since the Tiananmen crackdown in June, many China watchers had been convinced that Deng would retain his last post for a while longer to preserve his legacy of economic growth as well as to ensure the succession of his newly anointed heir, Jiang Zemin, a former Shanghai mayor who was named General Secretary in the chaos following the massacre. So far, however, Jiang has had little opportunity to prove his mettle. In fact, even though the Central Committee named Jiang to succeed Deng, it also expanded the powers of hard- line President Yang Shangkun, 82, a Jiang rival. Unlike Jiang...