Description: Municipal officials gather at Parker House to complain about "level funding," effectively a cut in local aid. Police carry placards. Peabody mayor Peter Torigian, Rep. Robert Havern, Newton mayor Theodore Mann, Sheila Cheimets. Coffee filling cup from urn. Arlington Town Hall and housing.
Description: UMass Boston staff and students march to State House to protest budget cuts at the school. Placards, chanting. Facade of downtown campus building. David Knapp.
Description: Criminal justice students at Northeastern University learn about making decisions under pressure. Professor talks about stress and physical fitness. Group of police on street at night. classroom
Description: Pompeii exhibit at Museum of Fine Arts. Close-ups on artifacts, human and animal statuary, frescoes, urn with bas relief, replica of villa. People wait in line on steps to enter.
Description: David Scondras gives tour of Boston City Hall, pointing out its inefficient design, and unsuitability as place to conduct public business. Twilight Zone music. b-roll of City Hall exterior, plaza.
Description: Overview of Pope John Paul II's second visit to North America. Footage of his visit in various settings -- addressing masses of people, giving communion, walking with President Reagan. Interviews with people on their reactions to the Pope's visit, and some where people pose hypothetical questions for Pope.
Description: Harvard Business School professor Michael Porter presents an economic recovery plan for Mass. Stresses competitiveness, confidence, and resolving the fiscal crisis at the State House. Weld with Flynn.