Word: public
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...issues as a backdrop for personal attacks. So White has labelled Timilty a "basic barroom drinker with general tastes" and accused him of floating all over the issues. "I believe he cannot run this city and I think everyone in the business knows it but the public," the mayor says, "I can see him now getting elected saying. 'Uh, what do I do now?"' Timilty hasn't hesitated to step into the fray, of course. When asked about possible names for his seventh child, he said he hadn't considered the name Kevin because it is synonymous with weakness...
...cares about the School Committee. Candidates spend as much time convincing the public to take them seriously as they do debating issues. While City Council candidates bask in the limelight, school committee candidates patiently remind voters that they wield as much power as their more esteemed colleagues...
Student voter Jonathan Q. Public III '80 arrives at his precinct's polling center (for most Harvard students this is the firehouse near Mem Hall...
...Public accepts his paper ballot and enters the booth. His first task is comparatively simple--yes or no votes on each of six non-binding referendum questions. But just as he has gotten up a head of steam, Public hits a roadblock. "This ballot is like nothing I've ever seen" he muses as he peruses the list of city council and school committee candidates...
Question 5. Shall the City of Cambridge refrain from investing public monies in banks and other financial institutions doing business in or with the Republic of South Africa...