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Dates: during 1980-1989
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City Councillor, former Cambridge Mayor, and life long North Cambridge resident Thomas Danehy calls O'Neill "a real down to earth individual who never tried to impress people with his power...

Author: By Evan O. Grossman, | Title: In North Cambridge, He's Just Good 'Ole Tip | 11/4/1985 | See Source »

Manelli says that he never realized how influential O'Neill is until he went down to Washington last summer. "We were walking down the corridor and Jack Kemp came up to him and called him 'Mr. Speaker'," Manelli recalls. "I always called...

Author: By Evan O. Grossman, | Title: In North Cambridge, He's Just Good 'Ole Tip | 11/4/1985 | See Source »

...many of his supporters, O'Neill represents a type of ethnic and neighborhood based politics that is rapidly disappearing. Red McGrail recalls, "Tip's a politician 24 hours a day, he doesn't just come out the week before election...

Author: By Evan O. Grossman, | Title: In North Cambridge, He's Just Good 'Ole Tip | 11/4/1985 | See Source »

James Rafferty, a Boston lawyer who served as head of the Ward 10 Democratic committee (O'Neill's home ward) says "Tip is an embodiment of the neighborhood...

Author: By Evan O. Grossman, | Title: In North Cambridge, He's Just Good 'Ole Tip | 11/4/1985 | See Source »

Many of the people who have known O'Neill from his childhood have continued to help out on his reelection campaigns. Gimigliano would get the petitions signed and keep a stock of buttons and bumper stickers in his shop...

Author: By Evan O. Grossman, | Title: In North Cambridge, He's Just Good 'Ole Tip | 11/4/1985 | See Source »

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