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SEPARATED. MARION BARRY, 66, former mayor of Washington; from his fourth wife Cora, whom he married two years after his release from prison in 1992; on misdemeanor drug charges, following reports that police found traces of marijuana and crack cocaine in his car; in Washington. Barry, who had been hoping for a political comeback, at the same time dropped out of his race for an at-large D.C. council seat. "I put the well-being of Cora above the well-being of my political life," he said, "and I'm going to fight to get her back...
Fred Willard, playing the mayor of a small Colorado town, says (without irony) to a small gathering of citizens, “I would rather be here with you people than with the finest people in the world...
...plaintiffs—Cambridge’s mayor, city council and 11 registered voters—had argued in court on March 7 that the redistricting plan violated the provision in the state constitution requiring that legislative districts be formed “as nearly as may be” without combining parts of different cities and towns. They also claimed the redistricting would dilute the voting power of Cambridge’s minority residents...
...district that was more likely to elect a minority even though it was not a minority-majority district, as evidenced by the last three holders of the seat,” said Mayor Michael A. Sullivan...
Long accustomed to worrying about the danger to their children in the military, Israelis are now worried about the danger to their children in the schools. In fact, class outings have been suspended. One day recently, the mayor of the town of Nahariya shut down all its schools after a warning of an impending terrorist act. In a society characterized by its love of gatherings, even the youngest children know that crowds are to be avoided...