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...Tear in the Eye. Flynn believes that graftless government is good politics (at least in The Bronx). Politicians of Flynn's kind, knowing that they are more honest than they have to be, are disappointed when the public withholds full acclaim from politicians who take their main pay in power rather than in boodle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Sentimentalists | 9/8/1947 | See Source »

Citizens of graftless San Francisco thought back over 25 years, when large in San Francisco's vocabulary was the word Graft, when Fremont Older rose to fame among San Francisco journalists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: In San Francisco | 9/9/1929 | See Source »

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