Word: devere
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...symbiotic relationship with another type of pro that has burgeoned during the postwar years-the Society gossip columnist. In Manhattan there is hardly any real gossip in the daily flow of words from golf-playing Igor ("Cholly Knickerbocker") Cassini, in the Journal American, or good-natured Joseph X. Dever in the World-Telegram, or bland Nancy Randolph in the Daily News, or even the entertainingly abrasive "Suzy" (Aileen Mehle) in the Mirror. The fascinating intelligence that Mercedes de Footwork had lunch at the Purple Tulip is good for a line any time. No one may have heard of either Mercedes...
...being of the people" (Westbrook Pegler). The Telly turned its attention (for 21 column inches) to a man in Greenwich Village who had just acquired a 1936 Dodge, reported that "that was indeed Joe Wade you saw bicycling along the Montauk Highway toward Southampton the other day" (Joseph X. Dever), and assured its readers that it is indeed possible for a dog to sing along with Mitch Miller (in answer to a query to Ann Landers...
...Crane '35, Joseph A. DeGuglielmo '29, Bernard Goldberg, Richard E. McLaughlin, Manuel Rogers, Edward T. Sullivan, Ralph W. Ward, Mrs. Cornelia B. Wheeler and Mrs. Pearl K. Wise. The candidates for School Committee are William S. Barnes, Assistant Dean of the Law School, Hester E. Byrnes, Joseph G. Dever, Mrs. Catherine T. Ogden, Gustave M. Solomons and Charles M. Sullivan...
Heavy Shillelagh. In his campaign against Dever, Herter showed a hard streak that surprised many of his friends. He called Dever a "British-type socialist" (an extra-heavy shillelagh among Boston Irish), belabored his administration as the "most powerful, wasteful, callous, boss-ridden outfit that ever shamed this state." In the 1952 Eisenhower landslide, Herter squeaked into office. Ike's margin in Massachusetts: 208,000; Herter...
...over the years, as in his bareknuckle campaign against Paul Dever, Herter has shown that, when he needs it, he has a streak of stern resolution beneath the gentle surface. In politics he was, a Massachusetts Democratic politico admiringly recalls, "a real Yankee trader who'd give you an apple for an orchard and make you think you got a good deal." Adds another Bay Streeter, who has known Herter for decades: "There are some people who would say he's too nice a guy for the job. It's not true. Believe...