Word: middlesex
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...least four Harvard students received letters from Middlesex County yesterday summoning them to jury duty under an experimental procedure in this county...
Paul Tsongas gave up a re-election to Congress in order to challenge Brooke several weeks prior to the publication of Brooke's personal problems. As a reformer in Lowell and Middlesex County politics, and then as an outstanding Congressman, Paul Tsongas has shown he has the intelligence and moral fortitude to perform equally well in the Senate. Tsongas's creative approach to energy problems, his sophistication in dealing with third world issues, his work on behalf of state and federal urban revitilization policies, and his support of the Kennedy-Corman national health insurance bill (which Brooke opposes) are representative...
...either wanted change, knew of Droney's illness, or hated the annoying Kerry. He detailed comprehensive programs for the office, treated Droney's incapacity tastefully, and was the only county candidate to have extensive television advertising. As a result, Harshbarger was endorsed by virtually every major newspaper in Middlesex County, as well as the Boston Globe...
Danehy is a strange figure. He has spent the last decade being either extremely lucky or extremely careful when the political corruption spotlight has found Middlesex County in its path. He was not up for election during the Middlesex County "reform slate" of 1972, and stayed remarkably in the background of the late-summer hoopla surrounding fellow commissioner Mike McLaughlin and his alleged job-selling tactics. The job-selling probe, conducted in primary-timed fashion by District Attorney Droney's office, eventually cost McLaughlin a chance of winning the party nomination for Congress in the Sixth District...
...what he already feels is a strong constituency in the county. Ralph's name recognition should be enough for him to win, but then again, Massachusetts people have never taken kindly to the Independent label. It will be another test of the power of the Democratic party in Middlesex County, where Republicans and Independents are outnumbered three...