Los Angeles once had an acting mayor for a couple of weeks who was Jewish.

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Mr Nemtsov said the court decision was part of a government push to ensure victory for the acting mayor, Mr Pakhomov.

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Amsterdam's acting mayor Lodewijk van Asscher told local television there was a threat that supporters of Ajax - the city's team - wanted to fight English fans.

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Mayor Guiliani is acting appropiately by jailing criminals and he is acting compassionately by finding treatmentfor the mentally ill.

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"The police have to understand the communities that they are serving better, and be more supportive when police officers are acting improperly, " the mayor said.

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Congressman Jesse Jackson junior, whose district includes Chicago's far south side, is acting as if he is interested in the mayor's job.

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An office of the mayor, which said it was acting in cooperation with the national health ministry, last summer sent letters ordering most of those collecting the benefit on Zakynthos to an Athens hospital for vision tests.

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As a fellow entrepreneur with a public-service orientation, I have been a longtime admirer of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's entrepreneurial spirit and commitment to acting on his principles.

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