Word: ward
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Army Officer in the Second World War. Solzhenitsyn, a scrupulously honest writer who would obviously be the most knowledgeable source, refused, according to Feifer and Burg, to have anything to do with a biography. His position, they claimed, is that an author of autobiographical fiction (The Cancer Ward and The First Circle) need not expose more of himself to the public. In his eyes, cooperation with biographers would be a form of exhibitionism, since the material in his work is sufficient to understand his situation...
Vellucci was beaten in his own backyard, Ward 2, by both Lombardi and Toomey, offsetting the Councillor's solid showing in Ward 1. Lombardi swept Ward 1 with 1448 votes, followed by Vellucci with 1109 and Toomey with...
Both Cadzas and Hogan recognized that they had achieved their major objectives, regardless of what the final returns showed. They had developed a strong political organization and political base in Allston-Brighton. While running poorly in other areas around the district, Hogan had won his home ward by 1000 votes over McCann and the other major contender in the race. Cambridge School Committeeman David Wylie. During the campaign Hogan had developed a strong nucleus of 150 workers who were now loyal to him. Further, Hogan had proven to the political pros that he could run a first-rate campaign...
John Hogan '73, mounted an aggressive campaign, yet failed to produce a sizable vote anywhere except in his home area Allston-Brighton. Hogan carried Ward 22 in that area by about 1000 votes over McCann and Wylie, but trailed far behind in the other parts of the district. In Cambridge, Hogan only got 553 votes to 5221 for McCann and 3701 for Wylie...
...past, McCann's base of support in North Cambridge turned out for him. In the 11th Ward, for example, McCann got 1536 votes to only 313 for Wylie. Hogan, who has many relatives who grew up in North Cambridge, only could manage 128 votes in the 11th Ward...