Sentences with phrase «oldest elected body»

Despite its failings, the city had a strong allegiance to the school board as an institution, partly because it was the oldest elected body in the District, predating the 1974 limited - home - rule law.

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So when the 32 - year - old actress pulls up to Jan De Bont's bank - breaking house of mock - horrors (a k a «The Haunting») in a dusty yellow Gremlin, it's obvious Taylor has elected to deal her career - hallmarked by furious spins in «I Shot Andy Warhol» and «Girlstown» - a big - budget body blow.

So the newly elected head of the world's oldest scientific body interviews a journalist for three hours, then, knowing that he is a hypochondriac and ex-heavy smoker, chucks away the interview, throws him an irrelevant question about cancer, and films him squirming.