Word: curleyism
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...compares Bulger to another Bostonpolitician, former Mayor James Michael Curley--theman who served as the model for The LastHurrah. "They're both scholars," he says.Bulger himself has compared his style of politicsto Curley--a man who portrayed himself as a friendof the people vilified by elitists and the press...
...April 19 at Curley Field in Baltimore, the Crimson clambered back from a 4-2 deficit to pull out a 6-5 win over the then top two-ranked teams in the nation. Greyhounds goalie Sue Heether had tried to intercept a pass behind the Loyola goal and missed, allowing Harvard's Ceci Clark to slip a pass to the wide-open Walser, who nailed the wide-open net on a tough-angle shot...
...impenetrable, however. Clifford got things started when she took a feed from senior Co-Captain Julia French and put it past the formidable Heether. It was a moral victory for the Crimson attack, which up to that point had been frustrated by a pesky Loyola defense and the Curley Field artificial turf that made fielding ground balls difficult...
...Peter Price, erstwhile publisher of the New York Post, says the start-up cost $25 million and predicts losses of only $100 million more during the expansion. Price says the paper should break even, at a circulation of 750,000 a day, within two years. USA Today president Tom Curley is skeptical. Says he: "$100 million doesn't square with our experience...
...Barry is convicted on the misdemeanor charge of drug possession, he could continue to hold office if he is sentenced to less than the one-year maximum term. And precedent exists for the jailhouse election of a municipal official. In 1903 Boston's four-time mayor, James Michael Curley, was elected alderman from jail. In fact, an us-against-them argument could appeal to Barry's populist base in a city fractured along racial and class lines...