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...Philadelphian conservatives, Spector once seemed the great Republican hope in a city where Democratic politicians predominate. But after losing out to H. John Heinz's ketchup-funded effort in the 1976 state primary, the Republican machine put its strength behind another Pittsburgher, Richard Thornburgh, for the 1978 gubernatorial campaign. Thornburgh subsequently defeated Flaherty in the final contest...
William Marimow knew better. A native Philadelphian, he had been an Inquirer reporter since 1972 and had seen the city's police grow increasingly intransigent under Mayor Frank Rizzo, the city's former top cop. The situation galled Marimow as much as it did Neumann. Joining forces, the two produced a well-documented series of articles that exposed local police brutality and that have to date led to the indictment of 15 policemen. So far nine have been convicted and three acquitted, and three are awaiting trial. Seven more cops have been arrested, and two others have pleaded...
James Cramer '77, who has been described as a "ruddy-faced, breathless Philadelphian" and who remains a living legend within The Crimson's portals, told me last November that I hadn't the least idea what miscellaneousness meant, and I stopped writing this column. For reasons beyond my control, however, I'm taking it up again--age doth not wither nor custom stale...
Born in 1902 in Philadelphia. Anderson received the Bok Prize in 1940 as an outstanding Philadelphian. She used the $10,000 stipend to set up the Marian Anderson Award, a fund to help young people pursue artistic careers regardless of race or creed...
White said the elitism of Harvard does not upset her, because she is "very used to the elitist process." She grew up, she said, in the home of a wealthy Philadelphian who summered in Maine: "My mother worked at the honorable profession of providing vittles for those with a lot of cash...