Word: curleyism
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...topic of crooked politicians and to illustrate his argument, he named a few of the bosses of the day. At this point Warren A. Seavey, Bussey Professor of Law, interrupted. Quite off-handedly, he suggested that the student could use the current mayor of Boston, James Michael Curley, as an equally good example of a dishonest politician. Seavey did not know as he said this that Mayor Curley's son was sitting in the front row of the class...
...Professor's ignorance did not last very long, however. The son ceremoniously withdrew from the Law School because his father's honor had been insulted, and Mayor Curley made a public statement to explain his son's action. News of the affair reached as far as the newspapers of Shanghai, Seavey recalls...
...John P. Curley, graduate manager of athletics at Boston College, said that he and Bolles had discussed a B.C.- Harvard game several times during the past year and a half, but had reached no definite decision...
...police finally allowed two more people to enter, the first being former Boston mayor James Michael Curley who received a standing ovation as he strode into the Hall. The other was a photographer who was able to push his way to the door guard...
...himself was born in the exclusive Fairmount Park district of Philadelphia on July 7, 1918. He came to Boston on a wave of hippo enthusiasm led by the Post, which collected subscriptions for him. On June 24, 1922 he arrived at Franklin Park, was dubbed "Happy" by Mrs. James Curley and then ceremoniously installed in what is now the seal tank of the Zoo. Since that triumphant day, though, his path trailed steadily downward. When he first came, photographers from the newspapers trooped to catch him performing, but he was generally too busy lolling in his tank to pose...