Word: supporting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Watson lives in this section, and hence is couting on strong support from his neighborhood because of his vigorous stand. This boils down to a straight play for votes since Watson can scarcely claim to influence the State highway department in its choice of a route...
Hence, while the University administration officially remains neutral, tacit support goes to the CCA as a whole; individuals within Harvard provide overt support. Major public support must thus come from the individuals, lest it seems the institution is trying to control City Hall. If the Cambridge electorate feels Harvard is trying to control it, the University will never build a good working relationship...
Political foreshadowings indicate all four CCA-endorsed incumbents will win re-election. The CCA hopes to supplant one of the five present independents, several of whom trailed the ticket two years ago. The Association's leading candidate for this fifth slot is Edward T. Sullivan, elected with CCA support to the School Committee...
This task is hardly simple. Sullivan is a labor leader whose convincing personality and name hopefully will win him support from districts normally unsympathetic to the Brattle St. campaigners. Yet perhaps his greatest advantage, the name Sullivan, might lead to such confusion that voters will pick the wrong man entirely...
...must come through Goldberg's initiative, after which he can probably gain seconds from surplus votes of other CCA candidates who reach the quota. Goldberg is optimistic, but within limitations. He thinks he might win "if things go well," i.e., if he gets votes from where he thinks his support lies, if he gets enough first place votes, and then if the seconds come through. Being on the CCA slate helps, Goldberg feels, since his name gets widespread publicity from a source outside his own office...