Several presidents were under fire during the long, hot summer.Several presidents were under fire during the long, hot summer. First up is William Bulger, who resigned the presidency of the U of Massachusetts Massachusetts (măsəch  `sĭts), most populous of the New England states of the NE United States. under pressure from Gov. Mitt Romney  This article or section contains information about one or more candidates in an upcoming or ongoing election.Content may change as the election approaches. . Months earlier Romney threatened to eliminate Bulger's job as a cost-cutting move for the cash-strapped UMass system. No sooner had he survived that threat than Romney and critics trained their sites on Bulger's ties with his fugitive mobster brother, James "Whitey whit·ey also Whit·ey n. pl. whit·eys Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a white person or white people. Noun 1. " Bulger. Even though trustees and supporters acknowledge that President Bulger had done nothing wrong, the controversy--and Romney's increased focus on it--was a growing distraction Distraction Divination (See OMEN.) Porlock a “person from Porlock” interrupted Coleridge while he was recollecting the dream on which he based “Kubla Khan”. [Br. Lit.: Poems of Coleridge in Magill IV, 756] , they say. |
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