Word: farleys
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Lehman's withdrawal left in the Democratic saddle onetime Postmaster General James A. Farley, who has most of New York's Irish county leaders at his stirrup. Now anti-Third-Termer Farley had a good chance to name his own candidate at the Democratic primary convention in September. Right now Farley's candidate is Attorney General John J. Bennett Jr., an honest, painstaking administrator who makes neither mistakes nor vote-catching headlines...
Some figured that colorless John Bennett was merely filling in for the first lap, would toss the baton to Farley himself at convention time. Washington New Dealers-who want no part of Farley or a Farley lieutenant-made sweet cooing sounds to statesmanlike Owen D. Young, former General Electric board chairman, who might be persuaded to run if the nomination came on a dignified platter...
...Harvey, 2b 8 2 4 0 Fitzgibbons, 1b 8 1 2 1 Barnes, rf 10 1 3 0 Callanan, c 8 1 3 0 Clay, lf, p 7 0 1 0 Drake, ss 7 1 3 2 Whittemore, 3b 5 1 0 2 Farley...
Famed for his platform manner, shining-domed James Aloysius Farley took it into a radio skit, rehearsed for a part in a sketch concerning an ambitious lawyer's fight against a political boss. Farley's part: the ambitious lawyer...
Although no official tabulation was kept, the home Varsity crossed the plate about eight times while the visitors were limited to four runs, all when Jack Farley was on the mound. But Joe Phelan, the Crimson starter, and Warren Berg proved more than capable of leashing the Terries...