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...week after dashing headlong into the Massachusetts gubernatorial race, Boston University's president, John Silber, was asked if he'd gleaned any early lessons from his introduction to politics. Said the former philosophy professor with characteristic snap, crackle and pop: "It advises me to be less interesting, to learn to speak plastic, so that no one has the slightest idea what you're talking about...
...worry. Silber's quest to resuscitate the state's economy and morale, which have suffered under Governor Michael Dukakis, will not be boring. A long-shot candidate for the Democratic nomination, Silber promises to use the same radical surgery on state government that he has exercised for the past 19 years to reform faculty and policies at B.U. His platform stresses tough budget choices but a big boost for education...
...host of Boston University students showed up to campaign for B.U. president and gubernatorial hopeful John R. Silber...
...came here to represent Silber in numbers, and show that he is a viable candidate," said Patricia H. White, a B.U. sophomore...
Murphy trails former Attorney General Francis X. Bellotti by a slim margin in most state polls. State Rep. John H. Flood (D-Canton) and Silber both are expected to come out far behind the two frontrunners in the race for delegates. But if a large number of uncommitted delegates won seats last weekend, candidates will have a chance to woo them to their side before the convention...