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Word: keverian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
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...

Author: By Chip Cummins, | Title: The Rise to Power of a Cambridge Lawmaker | 12/4/1990 | See Source »

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...

Author: By Chip Cummins, | Title: The Rise to Power of a Cambridge Lawmaker | 12/4/1990 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Chip Cummins, | Title: The Rise to Power of a Cambridge Lawmaker | 12/4/1990 | See Source »

...meeting of the Cambridge Democratic Committee before last month's election, Flaherty described himself as "more liberal and less forgiving than Keverian...

Author: By Chip Cummins, | Title: The Rise to Power of a Cambridge Lawmaker | 12/4/1990 | See Source »

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...

Author: By Chip Cummins, | Title: The Rise to Power of a Cambridge Lawmaker | 12/4/1990 | See Source »

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