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February 13, 2007 Giuliani Expects Key Mass. GOP Endorsements Massachusetts Republicans may spoil Mitt Romney’s party this week. Ex-NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani is set to score a coup with endorsements from 2 and perhaps a third of the 5 Bay State Republican state senators. Credit for the Giuliani coup goes to former governor Paul Cellucci, who’s been working to snag members of the tiny Republican caucus. Sources said that Senate minority leader Richard Tesei to endorse Giuliani. Tesei, a Wakefield Republican, is in his first term as leader. Insiders think the only way to increase their numbers (or avoid obliteration)...

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A friend of mine was at a fundraiser for Rudy Giuliani in Los Angeles last night. His walkaway thought: “[Rudy] might have a tough time in the primary but he will crush in the general.” Said friend says of last night: “I have to tell you the man is very impressive. When he talks about the war on terror he does so more clearly than anyone I have heard including the President. He doesn't bash the President ever and this was LA where he could really get away with it.” Rudy did an immigration bit that was “to the right...

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EDUCED by the distinctive architecture planned around the World Trade Center site, it is easy to forget that one of the most important transformations of Lower Manhattan will be almost invisible, at least from the street.A series of passageways being planned, including underground concourses, would permit pedestrians to make a sheltered journey, uninterrupted by traffic, from Vesey Street and North End Avenue in Battery Park City to Broadway and John Street. By paying a subway fare, travelers bound for the No. 2 or 3 trains could extend the trip as far as William Street; almost four-fifths of a mile under...

Killjoy mayor turns New York into the forbidden Apple Paul Harris in New York Sunday January 11, 2004 The Observer The barmaid leaned over the counter, folded a beer mat into a crude ashtray, then stubbed her cigarette out in it. 'We call that a Mike Bloomberg,' she said with venom, referring to New York's tough-talking mayor. In this city where public smoking is banned, she was breaking the law - just one of many stringent regulations which critics claim are stifling the life of 'the city that never sleeps'. New York was once the place where anything goes, but...