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...Allies. Having thus dealt with its Republican Governor, the legislature was ready for Lindsay, a G.O.P. maverick. Duryea, even more than Rocky, bore a grudge against the mayor for supporting Democrat Arthur Goldberg for Governor in the last election. Lindsay, moreover, had no useful allies. As Rockefeller put it, "He's a man without a party." Lindsay was beaten in the Republican primary for mayor and won the election only because he had significant Democratic support. Yet the Democrats did not warm to a man who tends to be abrasive in personal encounters. Says Manhattan Assemblyman Franz Leichter...
This younger, tougher G.O.P. breed, largely from the suburbs, is more eager for battle than its Republican elders. The new breed's leader, Assembly Speaker Perry Duryea, a silver-haired, sardonic lobster dealer from the semi-rural tip of Long Island, likes to emphasize the "limitations of our society." He means to impose those limitations on New York City. Before Lindsay came to Albany, Nelson Rockefeller had seen his own "austerity" state budget trimmed from $8.45 billion to almost $7.7 billion by the legislature. Knowing a political trend when he sees one, Rocky decided to make the best...
...respectfully suggest that Father and Mrs. Duryea named their son Paul for St. Paul, who said, "It is better to marry than to burn...
...Your story about Father Robert Duryea's attempted marriage fails to mention that clandestine marriage is prohibited for all Roman Catholics, not just vowed celibates. Many will find his ease at fraud more difficult to understand than his discomfort in celibacy...
...Father Duryea named his son Paul for Pope Paul...