Word: roughed
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...state legislative races covering Cambridge last fall, only one was contested by a GOP candidate who got drubbed) And it is no mere whim of fate that he is a successful pol, because the city has a grand tradition of training aspiring officeholders with good old fashioned street corner, rough and tumble politics...
Cambridge--with a population of 90,000--is divided into 10 neighborhoods, but with some rough generalizing, it can be broken down into five demographic regions. Harvard dominates mid-Cambridge, which blends in with West Cambridge as the upper-class academic, professional set. Northwest down Mass Ave lies North Cambridge, a heavily Irish Catholic region where the Speaker can be seen strolling the streets on an occasional Saturday afternoon. To the Northeast past MIT is East Cambridge--a tight-knit mix of Italians and Portuguese, with a recent influx of Haitians. The colorful, outspoken Al Vellucci, 36 years a city...
...building, and nothing but straw and dung for fuel. In addition, the remoteness of the area makes communication difficult and the provision of supplies almost impossible. In some camps refugees must either wait 36 hours for their turn at the local well or walk for three hours over rough terrain to reach the nearest source of water...
...nearly two centuries, this separation of powers has been celebrated and affirmed as a fundamental tenet of the U.S. democratic system. But it has not always worked out so neatly in the rough-and-tumble of Washington politics. During the past 50 years, the theoretically crisp lines of authority have become more blurred, due largely to a device called a "legislative veto." Under this controversial maneuver, Congress drafts a statute broadly but incorporates a provision calling for review of the Executive Branch's implementation of the law. The provision permits one or both houses of Congress-or even...
...failure by WPPSS would severely rattle the $400 billion municipal-bond market by driving down prices and raising borrowing costs for state and local governments. It would be particularly rough on the Pacific Northwest. Says Tim Kerr, deputy treasurer of Washington State: "We will see some very high interest rates...