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Boston University President John R. Silber, long a controversial figure in the world of higher education, is considering running for Massachusetts governor next fall, state political leaders said this week...
Although Silber has not yet declared his candidacy, several Democratic leaders in the State House said the B.U. president has contacted them about the possibility of a gubernatorial...
...State Rep. Suzanne M. Bump (D-Braintree) said that Silber had called her and asked her opinion of his chances for winning the Democratic primary. Bump, a supporter of former Attorney General Francis X. Belotti, said she was not impressed by Silber's style, which she described as "philosophically rigid" and "dictatorial...
...State Rep. Michael W. Morrissey (D-Quincy), another Bellotti supporter, said that he had also spoken with Silber, and that the B.U. president was merely "testing the political waters...
...announcement of Krenz's resignation as head of state came in a one-sentence dispatch on the official ADN news agency...