Word: keverian
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...longer an amateur versifier, the Cambridge lawmaker is primed to take over the House's top post next year, replacing outgoing House Speaker George Keverian '53 (D-Everett...
Legislators say that Flaherty is no Keverian protege. While Keverian came to power in the House in a coup against then-House Speaker Thomas W. McGee (D-Lynn), advocating rules of reform, some legislators have gone so far as to call Flaherty a potential strongarm leader...
...after the past two years, in which many blamed Keverian for the state government's paralysis in dealing with a mounting fiscal crisis, many lawmakers say they look forward to a little discipline on the House floor...
...meeting of the Cambridge Democratic Committee before last month's election, Flaherty described himself as "more liberal and less forgiving than Keverian...
Flaherty has also said that he has an effective rapport with his counterpart across the hall, Senate President William M. Bulger (D-Boston), who was reportedly on less than friendly terms with Keverian last year in the toughest days of the state's budget crisis...