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| | TIME Magazine Archive Article -- John Street / Philadelphia -- Apr. 25, 2005 |
 | | John Street came into office in 2000 with an ambitious agenda to improve Philadelphia's worst neighborhoods, and even his critics agree he has made considerable progress. |
 | | There has been no evidence that Street, 61, himself is corrupt, but federal prosecutors say the mayor's close friend and fund raiser, Ron White, partially took control of city contracting and turned the process into a naked shakedown for donations to Street's 2003 re-election campaign. |
 | | White died before going to trial, but former city treasurer Cory Kemp, a member of Street's administration, and four other defendants await a jury's verdict. |
| www.time.com /time/archive/preview/0,10987,1050284,00.html (369 words) |
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