Word: sullivan
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...Cambridge officials estimate, they will have to cut more than $7 million from the school budget and possibly lay off 470 of the school system's 1,300 employees. "It is the most illogically conceived piece of legislation in this or any state," says Cambridge City Manager James Sullivan. Last week the wealthy Boston suburb of Brookline voted to join the home rule fight rather than cut $14 million from its budget...
...which words, phrases, snatches of lyrics, names, can stand for whole years. Even the skeptical on either side of the Beatles generation will be startled to see how easily they can play along. Start off with an easy one. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Now you're off . . . Ed Sullivan. Jelly babies. Plaza Hotel. Moptops. Arthur and A Hard Day's Night. The Maharishi and M.B.E.s. Sergeant Pepper. LSD. Apple. "More popular than Jesus." Shea Stadium. White Album. Yesterday. I'd love to turn you on." Jane, Patti, Cynthia. Linda. Yoko. "Paul is dead." Abbey Road...
...meantime, the Cambridge City Council passed Sullivan's removal ordinance, designed primarily to slow the rate of condominium conversions in the city. Harvard then applied for removal permits under the statute...
...Sullivan, the only tenant on the city council, added, "The board's mission is not to be evenhanded. It must decide cases fairly, but its mission is to protect tenants...
Those who would change the "mission" of the board would probably first have to change its membership, observers said yesterday. And for some, like Sullivan, that job could be difficult, since the city charter prohibits elected officials from discussing appointments with the city manager...