Word: alderman
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...with high cholesterol. One group of investigators focused on niacin, a vitamin found in foods such as meat, fish, eggs, pasta, and cereals. In small amounts, the substance has long been known to be beneficial for the skin, the nerves, and the digestive system. But according to Dr. James Alderman, a senior cardiology fellow at Beth Israel Hospital, larger doses may have cardiovascular benefits as well...
...battle between Somerville Alderman Salvatore R. Albano and State Rep. Vincent J. Piro over the result of their state senate race moved closer to a resolution last night as Somerville election officials began a recount of the November 6 vote totals, which favored Albano...
...reached back to the battle-tested traditions of his own political experience, reveling most notably in the torchlight parade through downtown Chicago that has been an election-year custom for Democrats since 1948. Flanked by the leaders of the city's two feuding factions, Mayor Harold Washington and Alderman Edward Vrdolyak, Mondale basked in the protective glow of oldtime ward politics. Mondale's enthusiasm was matched by that of the 50,000 onlookers...
...episode may be the last turn in a bizarre race between indicted State Rep. Vincent J. Piro (D-Somerville) and former Somerville alderman Salvatore Albano. Albanto, who ran a sticker campaign after losing the close Democratic primary to Piro, won Somerville by nearly 2000 votes in Tuesday's elections. But Medford results, contested by both candidates, are not expected until sometime this morning...
Mondale, reckoning Oregon a lost cause, did not stop there at all, and says he budgeted a mere $3,000 for the state, "not enough to elect an alderman." Hart spent $70,000. Oregon voters, urban hipsters and rural people alike, tend toward the kind of self-reliant, pine-scented progressivism that the Coloradan espouses; an endorsement from the influential Portland Oregonian also helped. Hart's white-water raft trip down a stretch of Oregon's Deschutes River was a picture-perfect dramatization of his appeal. "I love danger," he said after shooting the rapids. "It was wonderful...