Word: curleyism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...summary, if being opposed to Mr. Curley is partisanship, I suppose I am a partisan. But for from concealing partisanship of this sort, I intend to make the most of it. Charles R. Cherington...
...unduly in the direction of partisanship, I will be glad to make amends either privately or publicly, as he may wish. I might as well warn him in advance, however, that if he intends to persuade me that there is anything much to be said in favor of Mr. Curley or against the idea of driving Mr. Curley from public life, he has a considerable job on his hands...
...recent meeting of Government 155b Associate Professor Cherington announced to the members of the course the name, address, and phone number of the chairman of the local chapter of Plan E for Boston League, known to some as the Beat-Curley-By-All-and-Any-Means-Cofraternity. He urged them to communicate with her for voluntary work in furtherance of the Great Cause. Plan E is not desired on its merits but as a means of getting rid of Curley. A few sarcastic remarks from the high throne of academic superiority disposed of Mr. Curley, and the rest...
...program recommended. Any student who demanded the right to harangue the group would, of course, been out of order. (3.) The retort which would have sufficed, had a order. (3.) The retort which would have sufficed, had a retort been in order, is the way to dispose of Mr. Curley which is in closest accord with the tenets that the do-gooders generally profess is not to substitute a different organizational form for the government of Boston but to lick Mr. Curley in an election by offering a candidate and program which the voters of Boston would prefer...
...proved that his latest machine is coming of age. The "Battle of the Plans" is only a symptom of an underlying tangle in Boston. As long as people are willing to pay the price of bossism because they think that it serves them well-and many Bostonians consider Curley a fine Mayor-they can expect these debacles at almost regular intervals...