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But if the names--the never-ending stream of McThats and O'Thises--do not change very much this year, voters do have three opportunities to change the future of Boston politics. First, Questions One and Two are binding referenda on establishing district representation for the city council and the...

Author: By Dewitt C. Jones, | Title: Boston--The Same Old Names... But a Chance for Change | 11/2/1981 | See Source »

Former committeeman John Tierney and Felix Arroyo have only outside chances. Tierney, who served in the 1960s, has a good political name (his brother was also on the school committee and is now Registrar of Deeds in Suffolk County) but has not distinguished himself in this campaign. Arroyo, a highly...

Author: By Dewitt C. Jones, | Title: Boston--The Same Old Names... But a Chance for Change | 11/2/1981 | See Source »

In fact, shredding the sound track may not be such a bad idea. Except for a handful of faltering scenes--an insipid look on a wife bidding her husband farewell when he leaves for Turkey, a near descent into bathos after the first battle scene and a few half-hearted...

Author: By Daniel S. Benjamin, | Title: The Runners Stumble | 10/7/1981 | See Source »

None of this really matters. The critics have no power; letters are written by the few who feel very deeply, pro or con; NBC cannot buy ratings with Emmys. Since its debut last January, the MTM production has resided in the bottom third of the Nielsens. Its hold on life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Too Good for Television? | 9/14/1981 | See Source »

The photographs appeared to show people taller than native Laotians, using tools too big for natives, sometimes sitting cross-legged on the ground, instead of squatting Oriental-style. Surrounding them, it appeared, was a stockade with towers. Perhaps most persuasive, an aerial photograph showed the numerals 52 outlined on the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Daring Mission, Dashed Hopes | 6/1/1981 | See Source »

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