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...first buy was on Thursday morning, March 11, at an apartment in New Town, a chic singles neighborhood. He chatted with his host, a cop from his precinct, and then got down to business, agreeing to buy ⅛ oz. of coke for $300. The conversation was recorded by a pair of miniature microphones fastened to Watson's chest. Eavesdropping in a van out side were Sandberg and Chandler. In a nearby car was IAD Officer Victor Howard, 37, who, like Watson, Chandler and all but one of the indicted dealers, is black...
...displayed little of the political savvy needed to wage an effective state-by-state ratification drive. Symbolically perhaps, Smeal showed great tenacity and faith but revealed little taste or talent for politicians or politics. In the early days activists did not seem to know how to find a precinct list or run a phone bank. Says Elaine Gordon of the Florida legislature: "We all tried to tell them how the process worked and the importance of things like raising money, but they didn't believe us. They thought that just being right would be enough...
...plotting strategy for the machine. It's not as if White is handing out jobs to all his workers. Instead, It's the other way around city employees who would expect to lose their jobs if White loses an election obtain positions in the machine. The ward coordinators and precinct captains the bear of the machine all hold city jobs. And every one of them--from Lora Baldwin, an administrative assistant in the Community Development Department up to Dennis Morgan director of the budget give money to the Committee for a Better Boston, the fundraising group for White's expected...
...Ward 8, Precinct 3--Residents of Lawrence Hall vote at the Congregational Church at the corner of Garden and Mason Streets...
...Ward 8, Precinct 4--Residents of Cronkhite Hall-vote at 3 Church...