Word: politicians
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Colorado voters this year are leaning heavily toward Ronald Reagan, and the Senator's Republican opponent is no ordinary politician. At 22, Mary Estill Buchanan was widowed, gave birth to her second child and graduated from Wellesley College, all within twelve months. The petite Buchanan (5 ft. 2 in.) went on to Harvard Business School (M.B.A. '62), a career as a labor-management consultant, a second marriage and four more children before her divorce...
McLaughlin apparently rolled up enough votes in the western end of Middlesex county to top veteran politician S. Lester Ralph, the other reform candidate trying for one of the two open seats on the commission...
...intrinsically important than county commissioner. Sheriffs do very, very little today--they run the county's jail, appoint those who serve notice on citizens called to justice, and bring the Harvard Commencement to order each year. Again, the job has become a Christmas-stocking position, perfect for the generous politician eager to hand out presents to his family and friends. Of the seven candidates (including another man named Michael McLaughlin) only Edward Henneberry seems willing or likely to change the nature...
...inauguration, Allison said at the beginning that a representative would only be allowed to speak if the protestors "respected the dedication." Drowning out the University's president with chants does not exactly coincide with Allison's idea of respect. But the ceremony's featured speaker, Ted Kennedy, played politician and told the crowd of more than 5000 he and his family would assuredly stay to hear a spokesman chosen by the demonstrators, adding that he hoped the rest of the audience would remain as well...
...odds; Raja'i went so far as to lament that the President "does not consider me fit for the Education Minister's job, let alone the Prime Minister's." The Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini refused to intervene, saying: "Try to reach agreement among yourselves." Said one politician in the clerical establishment: "He is tired of petty squabbling among the government leaders...