Word: curleys
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Boston, the mayoralty campaign, fought merely on the question of whether the incumbent mayor, James Michael Curley, should be kept in office, finished with an exchange of mud slinging...
...Curley, who ignored his opponents until the final weeks of the race...
Today the men of Princeton swarm into Cambridge, free from Lenin Lenapes, from mosquitoes, from mossbunkers. Be kind to them as they journey to the land of Hague to the land of Curley, remembering after the game the words of the poet...
...campaign, Hynes has made no spectacular commitments. He knows that he cannot reduce the excessive tax rate at present because it is but an indication of a municipal disease that has roots far deeper than the Curley inefficiencies. But he has estimated, nor promised, that he can save the city $1,500,000 yearly; this figure implies a city payroll deduction and the end of the abatements racket...
...mayors who follow Curley have a history of being overwhelmed by the task of reconstruction. In two instances, the executives that came after him left City Hall in near disgrace as Curley re-merged. With his training in municipal accounting while City Clerk and with his experience as acting mayor, Hynes has the equipment to reform the city's administration so that bossism cannot return...