Word: politicians
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...members also discussed plans to support the Boston mayoral campaign of Melvin King, a local Black politician to bolster the Afro-American Studies Department, and to raise court fees for the discrimination case of Ephraim Isaccs, a former Afro-Am professor who was denied tenure at Harvard...
...then again, power corrupts and every politician-Black, white, rich, or poor-can fall under its charm. Every candidate is a reformer, but what he does as mayor is a different story. It is, as of now, too early to count out the political machine, no matter how many politicians sound its death knell...
...Lawrence S. DiCara '71. A young but experienced politician, a city councilor from 1971 to 1981, the lifelong Dorchester resident says he will garner support from all parts of the city and will work to reconcile business and neighborhood interests...
...opposed to 52 percent of West Germany as a whole, favors working more closely with the United States. Predictably, anti-Americanism has led to charges that the Greens are communist-leaning, dangerous to the balance of power between the United States and the Soviet Union. One distrustful conservative German politician has compared the party to tomatoes; "They start out Green...
...state of emergency that she had proclaimed. This time the issues are more diffuse. Opposition parties charge that the Congress leadership has become corrupt and insensitive to the public welfare. In addition, there are powerful local controversies. In Andhra Pradesh, for instance, the movie star turned politician N.T. Rama Rao won a stunning victory for his new Telugu Desam party, advocating increased powers for the state's Telugu majority. In Delhi, many Sikhs vowed to boycott last weekend's elections, thereby showing their support for the movement that is advocating greater autonomy for the rich agricultural state...