Word: presidental
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Now, Robert Georgine, president of the AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department, voted for Richard Nixon. He was for the Vietnam War. Michael Harrington worked for the things Georgine fought against. Normally one would expect to find them at each other's throats. But on one issue, the crucial...
That was and is DSOC's line; in practice, its first forays into coalition politics came with Democracy '76, when DSOC concentrated on shaping a progressive party platform while Jimmy Carter garnered the nomination. The result, DA literature says, was "one of the most socially important documents of our time...
In a letter addressed to City Manager James L. Sullivan, Lesley executive vice president Robert D. Lewis said, "while some of the properties will continue to be used as rental properties for an indefinite period, two properties will be converted for use as office and student housing space."
Ross L. Pusatere, vice president for marketing of Gibbs Oil, a New England distributor, said yesterday his company has been selling gasohol for about three cents more per gallon than unleaded as "a get-acquainted offer" in 11 stations. "So far the response has been very favorable," he added.
But surely a weakened President and a Kennedy in the wings were a combustible situation that didn't need the press to ignite.