Word: moakley
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Discussion was dominated by talk of the senator's work with State Rep. John Joseph Moakley (D-South Boston) to defeat New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft's plans for a professional football stadium in their community...
...Moakley showed [Kraft] the meaning of a beer and a beating," Lynch said...
...MOAKLEY (D) District...
...Moakley, who has devoted his career to public service, is cut from the same mold as his old friend and mentor, Thomas ("Tip") O'Neill, the former House Speaker. At age 15 Moakley volunteered for the Navy and fought the Japanese in the South Pacific. The journeyman politician hasn't fallen behind: in September, he introduced the Community On-Line Act, which would provide grants to community buildings that hook up to the Internet...
Kennedy and Moakley are longtime proponents of organ donation legislation. They were founders of the bi-partisan Congressional Task Force on Organ and Tissue Donation and championed the Organ Donor Card Insert Act and the Organ and Bone Marrow Transplant Program...