Word: boston
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...local group of stores, not a chain," said Smith, who has been living in the Boston area for 25 years...
However, in the recently finalized state budget, House Speaker Thomas M. Finneran (D-Mattapan) and Senate President Thomas F. Birmingham '72 (D-Boston) inserted language that would have gutted this proposal, according to proponents of the law. The changes would have allowed incumbents to raise huge amounts of money while in office and still be able to qualify for public funds in the last six months before an election...
...Democratic nomination in 2002 is wealthy entrepreneur Steve Grossman, former chair of the Democratic National Committee. Grossman could clearly outspend either Birmingham or Finneran in a campaign, but if one of the candidates could gain public funding in addition to private contributions, it would improve his chances. The Boston Globe reported that Birmingham was pressuring the administration to quietly accept the changes, no doubt looking forward two years to the upcoming race...
...starting to make better decisions with his passes, and has also demonstrated a definite ability to score. Prasse-Freeman poured in 15 points and notched the team's first double-double against Navy on Dec.4, then added a career-high 16 points in Harvard's loss to Boston University...
...last Friday, at the FleetCenter in Boston, Barkley also got a ten-minute ovation from Celtics fans after he delivered what amounted to a farewell speech...