Word: curleyism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...perfected--from the state constitution to the notion that a victorious party has the God-given right to gerrymander any election district that it can get its hands on. And Massachusetts has given the nation the epitome of personal political leadership in the forty-year career of Jim Curley. For despite his occasional imprisonment and current forced retirement, Boston's loyalty to the Curley image--to the man who provides Christmas baskets for the poor and keeps his followers on the City Payroll--nevertheless endures as a source of local pride...
...know Mayor Curley...
Boston's ex-Mayor James Michael Curley, the United Mine Workers, the American Medical Association, the Chinese Nationalist government...
...became tradition in recent years that the Governor of Massachusetts receive a degree. James Michael Curley and Paul A. Dever contradicted this rule, but the odds are that outgoing Governor Christian A. Herter '15 will be honored. Participants in the contest might remember that Harvard graduates are usually favored...
...Cellar. If Curley really sues, it will be like biting the hand that applauds him. For Skeffington is a lovable rogue-a combination of Santa Claus, Robin Hood, a Chinese warlord and the late John Barrymore. Over 70, Skeffington decides to run for re-election as mayor of the nameless big city, where the candidates usually share three qualifications ("All were Democrats, all were Irish, all were Catholics"). The old campaigner invites his nephew Adam to tag along and get acquainted with politics. It is through Adam's eyes that one sees the great old pro and his enemies...