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...short-lived. Last year's claim to the seabed and foreshores was different. Instead of scotching it, the government offered a compromise, which Maori are still considering. Beach-loving New Zealanders were outraged - and they've stayed that way. The foreshores issue "was the last straw," says Tom Harrison, mayor of the Marlborough region, where the first foreshore claims were made. "It struck a nerve with all New Zealanders. We said, Enough's enough. It's got to stop...
...professional scouts—Peljto has received accolades from friends in high places. Former Minnesota Governor Jesse “The Body” Ventura—on campus as a teaching fellow at the Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics—is also the former mayor of Peljto’s hometown of Brooklyn Park, Minn...
Cambridge Mayor Thomas A. Sullivan said moving the trial is not necessary...
...President Matthew Mahan is currently initiating talks with Cambridge Mayor Michael A. Sullivan about security issues. Harvard must follow suit and engage the city in a safety dialogue—adding more field lights, making the lights brighter, installing “blue-light” call-boxes and increasing the presence of Cambridge patrols in the Common. Improving lighting and raising police visibility would deter potential attackers...
MARRIED. HUNDREDS OF GAY AND LESBIAN COUPLES; by San Francisco city officials; after Mayor Gavin Newsom asked the county clerk's office to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, in defiance of a California law barring homosexual nuptials; in San Francisco. Among the couples pronounced "spouses for life" were PHYLLIS LYON, 79, and DEL MARTIN, 83, who founded the nation's first lesbian organization 49 years ago. Opponents of the licenses are seeking a restraining order to prevent the city from granting more...