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Before his death in 1958, James Michael Curley brought fire and fury to Massachusetts politics for more than 50 years. He was portrayed as the corrupt, flamboyant mayor in Edwin O'Connor's 1956 novel The Last Hurrah...
Moral Order. The prevailing tone has always been fiercely, unmistakably Irish and Roman Catholic. Despite its insularity, the community used to feel that it had clout in the region's politics. But one of its most illustrious heroes, Mayor James Michael Curley, is long dead, and former House Speaker John McCormack is now retired. Ted Kennedy, another hero, is now seen as a traitor because he supports busing. Even the church seems in alien hands; where once there were Irish-American cardinals, now there is Humberto Cardinal Medeiros, who preaches that the integration order is moral and should...
MONARCHS-IN-WAITING by WALTER J.P. CURLEY JR. 238 pages, Dodd, Mead...
...Reign in Spain. Author Walter Curley is an investment banker who once served John Lindsay as New York City's chief of protocol. He points out in his genealogical mosaic that virtually all the monarchs-in-waiting are interrelated, and should at least have plenty to talk about. One can imagine a gold-plated dinner party for all the royals and their wives. But gad, sir, how to seat them? If the places were dispensed alphabetically, Bachelor King Leka I, 35, would have the honored position at either end of the table, since he is claimant to the throne...
Abbott Lawrence Lowell and James Michael Curley took their share of flak from The Crimson. In both cases, it seems, the personality of the attacked was as important to the editorialists as their programs. Lowell in particular was challenged for his autocratic manner, and his seeming indifference to the College's public image. When he deigned to discuss his House Plan with the press. The Crimson found the occasion surprising enough to make it the subject of an editorial...