Word: curleyism
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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...
...Boston newspaper recently decided that it had just the right reviewer for this book: famed patriarch of Boston pols, ex-Mayor James Michael Curley. When he agreed, the paper mailed him a check along with the review copy. Back came the book and check in a few days, with a curt note from the doughty octogenarian: "The matter is in the hands of my attorneys." Reason for his indignation: a strong resemblance between the book's hero, Frank Skeffington, and James Michael Curley. Asked if he considered Skeffington to be a portrait of himself, Curley snapped: "No question about...
...Curley's chronicler, Novelist Edwin Greene O'Connor, 38, is a onetime radio announcer who made $720 from his first novel, and shelved the second in disgust. This one is already a smash success. Even before publication, Columbia Pictures bought the movie rights for $150,000. The novel also won the Atlantic Prize, was chosen by the Book-of-the-Month Club (February) and Reader's Digest Book Club. It is the bristling, flamboyant saga of the decline and fall of the big city boss...
...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...