Word: curleyism
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Because of heavy medical bills during the last years of longtime Boston Pol James Michael Curley, his family announced, there was not enough left in the estate to carry out all his bequests...
...Last Hurrah. Spencer Tracy as the curly-headed machine politician (James Michael Curley, that is) who ran Boston in blarney and shamrock...
...Curley was 25 when the Irish elected him to Boston's common council. At 27. marshaling more toughs than the opposition and able to steal more ballot boxes, he was boss of Ward 17. At 40, after roasting Brahmin ''Goo-Goos" of the Good Government Association, he was mayor. And at 60. after Curleyites burned enough crosses to provide a background for Cur ley oratory against the K.K.K. and prejudice, big (6 ft.. 200 Ibs.) Jim Curley was elected Governor. In addition, he served four terms in Congress, was jailed twice for fraud, was once ordered...
Died. James Michael Curley, 83, onetime top Democrat in Massachusetts (Mayor of Boston, Governor, Congressman); following surgery for an internal obstruction; in Boston (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS...
...Last Hurrah. No resemblance to persons living or dead is intended, but patrons will be permitted to recall Boston's ex-Mayor Jim Curley who died last week at 83. With Spencer Tracy, being as lovable as any crooked politician in the history of the game...