Word: welds
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...since Gov. William F. Weld '66 announced last week that he has abandoned his plans to bring casinos to Massachusetts, legalized gambling-which has been a controversial issue in Massachusetts this year--is no longer a hot issue in this year's campaign...
That ambition is what has led the candidate to run for governor--at the politically tender age of 38--on a centrist platform designed to appeal to the same voters who elected Republican Gov. William F. Weld...
...taxes" Democrat, Roosevelt faults Weld for an apathetic approach to Massachusetts job creation, citing the state's 350,000 lost jobs as evidence of ineffective leadership...
...Weld's rhetoric on... economic development has been fine," Roosevelt says "It's his performance that has been lacking...
...tough stance on crime, for instance, is a result not only of public concerns on the issue but also of his competition with Weld, whose advocacy of the death penalty and "three strikes an you're out" approach to criminal sentencing have won statewide support for the incumbent...