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Article: Kevin White: Where are give-'em-hell leaders?
- Article from:
- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- July 23, 1991
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One thing about Kevin White, whether you liked the former mayor or
did not, was that he would spill his guts.
His minions of public relations soldiers would be lined up in
platoon formation with rehearsed responses at the ready, and then
White would meet somebody in a hall and sabotage the whole flack
program by verbally voiding what was really on his mind.
Cynics said it was all orchestrated, and others swore it was
purely at random. Perhaps it was a bit of both. Whatever it was,
the listener would profit, because White was, at once, more incisive
and poetic than just about any pol, journalist or consultant.
He still is.
Occasionally, he emerges from his cocoon at Boston University to
work ...