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...will abide by their pledges and not seek reelection in 2000. But the number six is crucial: It's exactly the margin of votes by which Republicans currently control the House of Representatives. In the shark-infested waters of politics, nothing draws an opposing party faster than an open seat. That's because incumbents enjoy a reelection rate of more than 95 percent. The best chance of a party turnover occurs when a seat opens...
According to Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) Officer Jack O'Krane, who was on duty Friday night, the victim left his table in the Science Center Greenhouse at around 2 a.m. to check e-mail at a nearby kiosk. Upon returning to his seat, he noticed his laptop computer was gone and saw a man and a woman casually carrying it out of the building...
...lunches, cable television and, of course, funding student groups. The latest council administration is ostensibly trying to move back to bigger issues, but the greatest emphasis still seems to be on student groups. Planning big events and dealing with big "political" issues have rhetorically and practically taken the back seat...
Joseph P. Kennedy II stepped down from hisEighth District seat this fall, leaving Rep.Michael A. Capuano (D-Somerville), to fill theposition. Boston's City Hall, which between 1930and 1993 was filled by mayors with Irish roots,now has Italian-American Thomas M. Menino asmayor...
...York Democrats are worried that they may be left in the lurch if Hillary Clinton ends up deciding not to seek the Senate seat from their state next year. One possible contender had been Andrew Cuomo, the secretary of housing and urban development, who thought about running but then announced he wouldn?t in order to spend time helping Al Gore get elected president. Now there are hopes that he may reconsider and get in the race if Hillary decides not to. His father, Mario Cuomo, was disappointed by his initial decision, and has let his feelings be known...