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...voters in the gritty, economically troubled district, which in recent years has lost population. Yet Watergate was never far from the surface. Murtha spoke of the Administration's "crisis of credibility" and adopted as his slogan, "One honest man can make a difference." Sensing that Watergate might tip the balance against his "promotion," Fox attacked the non-local press. "The national news media brought Watergate into this campaign," he complained. "They are creating a mountain out of a molehill...
...both reach 65, the mandatory retirement age--and there are bound to be some more vacancies in the next few years, especially since Bok's appointments only last five years. Last year, Vorenberg's appointment created more of a stir than Kiely's, if only because Bok didn't tip the Republicans off at the time. In February, a month before Bok appointed Vorenberg, Dunster House residents had signed a letter to Bok suggesting that he choose Caroline W. Bynum '63, assistant professor of History. Students in Dunster had met in late January to draft a letter to Bok explaining...
...father's old seat in the state legislature in 1972, he quickly encountered the sly machinations of the Boston political jungle. His opponents found two other Thomas O'Neills to run against him, leaving it up to the voters to figure out which of the three was Tip's boy. They figured it out and sent Tip's son to the statehouse...
...Neill wonders how long it will be before he gets to spend time with his family at their vacation house on Cape Cod. But he usually makes it back to Cambridge on weekends, and the voters come past to ask for favors as they always have. As always, Tip tries to comply. As a state legislator during the Depression, he often got as many as 250 men snow-shoveling jobs at $3 or $4 a day; as a Congressman, he was able to find 3,000 youngsters Christmas jobs at the Boston post office-before the non-political Postal Service...
...three or four hours, and when their turns come, they usually start out by saying "I'm so-and-so's brother-in-law." Or "I'm this fellow's grandson." Or "I'm somebody's nephew." Listening and remembering, Tip O'Neill can usually tie them into the intricate web of friendships and contacts he has built up over the years. This solid political base is the source he will need for the paramount event of his political life: the drive to push the impeachment proceedings through to resolution...