Word: mayors
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SOMERVILLE--Michael E. Capuano, a small-town mayor who took on political heavyweights, won both the Democratic nomination for the Eighth Congressional District and his place in history last night...
...crowded race to take Joseph P. Kennedy's seat in the 8th Congressional District--which includes Cambridge--it has been hard to make a clear choice. Most of the 10 candidates for the Democratic nomination share similar stances on the issues; the only significant exception is that former Boston mayor Ray Flynn--once the front-runner because of his name recognition--is pro-life...
...when he arrived in Washington, Williams looked about as likely to become mayor as a crack smoker (well, O.K., pick another drug). But by the mid-'90s, the roofs on many city schools were caving in. Thousands of people were dying of AIDS, but management was so abysmal that millions in federal AIDS dollars sat unspent. At perhaps the city's saddest, most surreal moment, morgue officials said they didn't have enough money to refrigerate the dead. Outraged residents--even some hard-core Barryites--began to demand change. Finally, Congress and the White House stepped in, and over...
None of the charges have damaged him so far (and in fact may have humanized the technocrat a bit). If he wins, Williams' biggest challenge will be to convince Washingtonians that he is mayor for all of them; in some parts of the city, his get-tough policies and conservative mien have given the impression that he's the white candidate. According to a recent Washington Post poll, he leads a large field, with 37% of Democrats overall; council member Kevin Chavous is second, with 20%. Among black Democrats, however, who are expected to make up more than two-thirds...
CONVICTED. JEAN-PAUL AKAYESU, an ex-mayor from central Rwanda; of genocide; by a U.N. tribunal in Tanzania. It is the first such verdict by an international court. Former Rwandan Prime Minister JEAN KAMBANDA, who pleaded guilty to the crime, was sentenced to life in prison...