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...member of Kennedy's inner circle, insist that it is "an exercise in political fantasy," Hersh helps elaborate stories that Chicago Mob leader Giancana helped deliver Illinois to the Democrats in 1960. He says the support came largely by helping get out the vote among the rank-and-file in Mob-controlled unions and through "campaign contributions from the corrupt Teamsters Union pension fund." G. Robert Blakey, a Mafia expert and former federal prosecutor, confirmed to TIME what he told Hersh--that FBI bugs picked up Mob conversations about the deal. "The substance of it was that money went...
According to a society spokesperson, Jana Spacek, the election of officers moves in a six-year "rank alignment...
Cambridge operates on a system of proportional representation whereby voters rank their choices and votes are redistributed to the next top pick when a candidate loses...
...past delays resulted from Cambridge's system of proportional representation, in which voters rank their choices and votes are redistributed to the next top pick when candidates lose...
...Chinese government insisted on establishing Jiang's itinerary, intentionally giving it an aura of Americana to showcase the Communist leader in places reminiscent of American patriotism. The Chinese also demanded that the United States accord Jiang the highest state and military honors, as a state visitor of the top rank. * Jiang's eight-day trip began at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, last Sunday and will, when it ends next Sunday, have taken him on a tour of seven cities: Honolulu, Williamsburg, Washington, Philadelphia, New York, Boston and Los Angeles...