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Word: graftless (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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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 »

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