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Sachs has prosecuted several legislators during his public career and recently gained attention for his defense of pediatrician Elizabeth Morgan, who went to jail for two years rather than allow her daughter to visit her allegedly abusive husband...
...least some of the legal bill is being paid out of a defense fund set up by Frank's political aides. Doug Cahn, a spokesperson for Frank's congressional office, declined to disclose the current level of contributions to the fund, saying that the first public report on the account is due at year...
...December, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) will likely eliminate route 77A--which runs from the intersection of Mass Ave. and Cameron Ave. to watertown and Waverly--and route 75--which goes from Harvard Square to Huron Towers--said Peter Diamond, manager of public information...
...Elderly people who have difficulty with stairs prefer that bus because if they are going to Mt. Auburn Hospital they don't have to change buses," said Charles Bahne, a member of the Cambridge-based Association for Public Transportation. "A lot of people who are older find steps an obstruction, especially the steps on a bus because they're higher than normal ones...
Comparing the plight of Hispanics with that of Blacks, Raoul Yzaguirre, president of the National Council of La Raza, a Hispanic advocacy group, and currently an IOP fellow, said that the "legacy, history and struggles of Hispanics in this country are largely unknown by the American public...the media simply wasn't focused on the civil rights struggle of the Hispanic community...