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Committee when, in December 1974, it voted 3-2 to refuse to comply with the order of Federal District Judge
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Kifner, John (17 December 1974). "JUDGE IN BOSTON DEFIED ON BUSING: School
Committee Refuses, 3-2, to Approve Staff Plan for City Desegregation Judge in Boston Is Defied on Busing Plan".
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Sullivan. Sullivan is the most liberal of the Committee, Kerrigan the most vocally conservative. Kerrigan accuses Sullivan of questioning an appointment... Sullivan explodes."
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Epstein, Edward (25 April 2001). "$ 8.5 million donation to City
College / Kinko's founder supports child care". San Francisco Chronicle.
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Sullivan Alioto taught school for six years before being elected to the School
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Kerr, Jennifer; Binkley, Collin (2 June 2016). "Panel votes against accreditor of for-profit colleges". Associated Press.
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DelGiudice, Marguerite (9 November 1977). "An elated
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Treen, John (11 September 1975). "Boston School Committee Fights On (reported story)". Newsday.
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