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...other at least for a time,” he said, referring to his decision not to run.But the dark horse-turned-political darling may have harbored some desire to take another shot at a seat on the council. Winters said he ran into the young politico at a party earlier this year.“Did you think about it?” Winters recalled asking DeBergalis.The tantalizing response: “Yeah, I thought about it.” —Staff writer Michael M. Grynbaum can be reached at grynbaum@fas.harvard.edu...
...tell you the truth, I am not sure why it is,” Alesina wrote in an e-mail. “I love the field of economics and I think it is a great way of analyzing socio-politico-economic problems in addition to having a business angle, but why now as opposed to before or later more and more students are realizing this, well I cannot quite...
...indulge their inner frat boys, show up at the church as third cousins of the best man's stepuncle, and after the reception they have great sex with women they need never see again. Now the season is over, but there's one more wedding to crash. A prominent politico (Christopher Walken) is giving away a daughter, and, as plot would have it, he's got two more to spare: horny Gloria (Isla Fisher) for Jeremy, foxy Claire (Rachel McAdams) for John. Gee, do ya think the lads'll fall in love with their prey...
...well timed. Last September, while awaiting sentencing on a federal extortion conviction and just days before he was to be indicted on fraud charges, former New Jersey State Senator David Friedland was reported to have drowned in a scuba-diving accident near Grand Bahama Island. Last week the missing politico's attorney received a phone call with a taped message: "I am alive and in fear for my life," it began. Friedland hinted that he had evidence of other possible crimes, implying that he might cut a deal with authorities...
...family ties thicker than political ones? Not in Illinois when a Governor nearing a re-election campaign is pitted against a street-smart ward politico who happens to be his father-in-law. The simmering feud between Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and his wife's father, Chicago alderman Dick Mell, reached a boiling point last week. In a press conference, the Governor lashed out at his in-law amid reports that a grand jury is investigating allegations by Mell that Blagojevich's administration traded jobs for campaign contributions. Blagojevich denied the charges and asserted that the investigation was started only...