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...City Council seems to be behind Danehy, though it is not a unified chorus of support. Councilor Saundra Graham, for example, is a long-time supporter of rapid transit efforts and has opposed the mayor's stand on the issue. The other councilors--save Frisoli and Alfred E. Velluci who side with Danehy--seem undecided at this point, despite their vote to join the lawsuit. If it comes down to a question of "extension to Alewife Parkway or no extension at all," the vote is bound to be close...
...Harvard and MIT have been dominating this entire city for 300 years," Velluci said, adding, "Now we've got a whole city full of young people of all races here, and we can't deprive them of churches and art centers just to get even with Harvard...
Cambridge Mayor Alfred E. Velluci called the hearing earlier this week for November 14, after several residents spoke to him at a "Candidates Night" party two weeks ago to win his support on the issue. They appear to have succeeded, although it doesn't take much to convince Vellucci to fight Harvard...
Egged on by Wald and his biologist wife, Ruth Hubbard, Cambridge's Mayor Alfred Velluci used the escalating DNA furor to badger his old foe, Harvard. He convened the city council in an effort to halt DNA research at the school. Said Velluci: "Something could crawl out of the laboratory, such as a Frankenstein." At the council's request, Harvard and M.I.T. agreed to a moratorium on P-3 research while an eight-member citizens' review board studied the issue. In February, the council overrode Velluci and passed an ordinance permitting recombinant DNA work to be resumed...
Cambridge Mayor Alfred E. Velluci said yesterday that "the reason Harvard rushed to get this containment facility built was to prevent their top scientists from leaving...