Word: speaker
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...capitalizing on voter discontent with state management, Rappaport strategists reasoned, they could ride the same tide of voter anger that had just swept away Democratic incumbents across the state, from Attorney General James Shannon to House Speaker George Keverian...
HOUSE Majority Leader Charles F. Flaherty is the obvious choice in the race for representative of the 27th Middlesex District. Flaherty, practically assured to become House speaker if re-elected, carries almost 23 years of state government experience with him--an important qualification Republican opponent and political novice A. George Catalovo cannot come close to matching...
DeJong's hopes rest upon the nationwide anti-incumbent fervor that has already tossed a number of the state's old guard politicians out on their ears this fall. Chief among the villains he singles out for attack are outgoing Gov. Michael S. Dukakis, House Speaker George Keverian and Bulger...
...most of the Democrats. Gephardt told Darman that the Democrats would give up the surtax in exchange for a tax-rate increase for the rich and a phaseout of their personal exemptions, along with a 5 cents gas tax hike and a new capital gains top rate of 28%. Speaker Thomas Foley followed up later with a call to the President, who accepted the plan. As both conservative Southern Democrats and House liberals began signaling their approval, Foley was confident that the new plan would not meet the fate of the budget-summit package that was voted down...
...executives, all vice presidents with Goldman Sachs and Company, spoke to a group of about 25 students at the Business School about women's issues on Wall Street. During the discussion, the vice presidents tried, in the words of one speaker, to show that Wall Street was not as "unkind" a place as many women imagine...