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...some it may be surprising that a local politician would meddle in foreign affairs, but in New York City politics this is routine. Last month Mayor Michael Bloomberg dropped in on American troops in Afghanistan, and local politicians frequently go to the Dominican Republic, Israel, and Ireland, to drum up support from their constituents...
...Mayor Michael A. Sullivan said the problem had spilled out of the squares and onto Cantabrigians’ doorsteps...
Munching on Doritos and Pepperidge Farms cookies, participants also learned which major French city has an openly gay mayor (Paris) and how to spell the transgendered pronoun equivalent to him/her (it’s “hir?...
Rybak remembered the first time he met Wellstone. “I was a complete long-shot for mayor,” he said. “Didn’t have a lot of money, up against an incumbent, no one wanted to get near me. Then I’m at a party event, and [Wellstone] comes up to me and gives me a big hug. And he whispers in my ear: ‘Just keep fighting. Tell the truth. And good things will happen.’” And for that, you couldn?...
...does take on the job, Mondale will face Republican Norm Coleman, the former St. Paul mayor who had been trading jibes with Wellstone up until the Senator's death. Even in a midterm election year marked by tight contests and a battle for razor-thin margins of power in the U.S. House and Senate, this race was particularly close - a fact that is not expected to change if Mondale takes over, although Democrats hope the former Veep's sentimental value (and name recognition) could tilt things in their favor...