Word: ward
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Texaco switched from offense to defense as Casseb's ruling approached. The company announced last week that it had adopted a so-called poison-pill provision to ward off raiders who might be tempted to try a takeover in view of the dip in Texaco stock. And one hour before going to court on Tuesday, Texaco offered to sell Pennzoil at 1984 prices the 1 billion bbl. of oil and gas reserves that it had originally wanted to buy from Getty. Liedtke called the offer "silly...
James Rafferty, a Boston lawyer who served as head of the Ward 10 Democratic committee (O'Neill's home ward) says "Tip is an embodiment of the neighborhood...
Rafferty feels the "sense of neighborhood is less pervasive." Gone are the days when Ward 10 caucuses had to be over by 3:45 so the people could attend 4:00 mass at St. Paul's church. "[O'Neill] and the neighborhood itself are representatives of an era of time gone by," says Rafferty...
Still conscious when he was taken to the emergency ward of St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Brighton, Saclese suffered neck and back injuries. He was treated and released a few hours later...
Thomas W. Danehy--56, pharmacist, served nine terms on city council, Independent mayor in 1978-79, chairman of Ward 11 Democratic Committee...