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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Harvard defeated Southern Connecticut despite playing seven of its "B"-side players. Scott Tierney scored twice to lead the Crimson...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue jr., | Title: Ruggers Fall to N.U. | 10/26/1987 | See Source »

...when Flynn first ran for office, his principal opponent was Melvin H. King, a Black politician from South Boston. This time his opponent, city Councilor Joseph Tierney, was much less formidable, especially in these Black areas...

Author: By Adriane Y. Stewart, | Title: Flynn Wins Over Black Community | 10/20/1987 | See Source »

Councilor James E. Burn of the Roxbury section of Boston said Tierney's campaign has remained low key on all of the issues pertinent to the Black sections of Boston. He said Flynn's major success has been in the issue of housing...

Author: By Adriane Y. Stewart, | Title: Flynn Wins Over Black Community | 10/20/1987 | See Source »

Evelyn Friedman, a spokesman of the Tierney Election Committee, said that the challenger's main concerns are those of housing and public schools...

Author: By Adriane Y. Stewart, | Title: Flynn Wins Over Black Community | 10/20/1987 | See Source »

...sure, the low voter turnout is due to the fairly uneventful race for mayor. Flynn's closest competition, City Councilor Joseph Tierney, proved to be a weak challenger, scraping up only 27 percent of the vote. The two other candidates in the preliminary election barely made a dent in the electoral column...

Author: By Adrienne Y. Stewart, | Title: Victory Bittersweet For Flynn | 10/13/1987 | See Source »

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