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...truly destitute. A fierce sense of personal rectitude makes thievery unthinkable. "It is not the police who prevent crime but the honor inside us," insists Fikad, the blacksmith. "The corruption is the lowest of any government I've ever worked for, including in Santa Rosa, Calif.," says Michael O'Neill, an American adviser to the Commercial Bank of Eritrea. "They will not tolerate it in any way, shape or form." During the war, the fighters were too desperate for money to put any into people's pockets, and that scrupulous use of every precious resource carries over into the government...
...previous decades, Harvard academics (including Winthrop Professor of History Stephan A. Thernstrom) and prominent district residents toyed with the idea of running against O'Neill for the seat, but, upon sober reflection, most bowed...
Vallely flirted with the idea of running for the seat when O'Neill announced his retirement...
...many voters in the eighth district, Kenney concludes, this display of power was reminiscent of Tip O'Neill's personal political power...
...Neill, to the amusement of some, endorsed Kennedy, the outsider...