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...Company" born. His father was in the Central Intelligence Agency for 28 years, and young Mulcahy's first job was as an electronics expert for the CIA. Last week Mulcahy, 40, died as Company men sometimes do in spy fiction: in the cold and dark, of causes unknown...
Four practically unknown Republican nominees in races for Attorney General Secretary of State. State Treasurer and State Auditor face Democratic incumbents who have both some name recognition and affiliation with a party that counts a majority of eligible Massachusetts voters as its members. "There is not much of a chance that a Republic will win one of those four offices" one GOP candidate commented recently...
...Republican a year ago, prospects for his re-election seemed rosy. His new G.O.P. friends promised to fill his coffers with cash and gerrymander his Fourth Congressional District in Pennsylvania to suit his new identity. They came through. Republican national organizations contributed $57,000 to his race against unknown Democrat Joseph Kolter, 56, and the state legislature cut the district's 45,000 Democratic edge in half. But few foresaw the ravages of recession in this steel-mill area, where unemployment has hit 20.4% in Beaver County. Kolter, a state legislator and former teacher, has attracted labor support...
...aspiring international lawyer will never regret his decision to fly to the City last Friday to run the race that threw this unknown translator of Korean languages into the limelight of international sports...
...classic encounter. Restless, acquisitive men of iron, canvas and hemp confronted a communal society of bone, skins and thong. The outcome, too, was familiar. Skilled at catching birds in nets, the Inuit themselves were about to be scooped up in the cash nexus. A hitherto unknown clock was imposed on the culture, and its days were numbered...