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...have an Irishman's word for it that if they had X-rayed my brain when my foot struck the ball, they would have found no deliberate intent...
From 1922 until last June when he died of food poisoning, the Seventh District of Massachusetts heartily elected and re-elected a bald, magnetic, music-loving Irishman. For Representative William P. ("Billy") Connery Jr., House Labor Committee Chairman, appealed to a big majority in the shoe-manufacturing, textile towns north of Boston. Moreover he was famous as co-sponsor of the Wagner-Connery National Labor Relations Act, of the Black-Connery Wages & Hours Bill...
Last week Seventh District voters chose Billy Connery's successor: a bald, magnetic, music-loving Irishman. Add seven years to and subtract about 15 pounds from Lawrence J. ("Larry") Connery and the result is a twin for his late brother Billy, whom he had served as secretary since 1922. Nineteen years ago Sergeant Billy refused a promotion because it entailed separation from Sergeant Larry. Both became lawyers after they reached Washington. Last year Billy swamped his Republican opponent by a 3-2 margin; last week Larry won by 3-2. His first official announcement: he would re-introduce...
...Bill. When the five-man SECommission was created in 1934 for the sole purpose of reforming Wall Street, worried speculators were mollified when one of their number-Joseph Patrick Kennedy-was made Chairman. A practical Irishman who was a close friend of Franklin Roosevelt, Joe Kennedy had no desire to affront Wall Street, but saw clearly that financial excesses must be curbed. Policeman Kennedy generally used the technique of catching his flies with honey. By the end of a year the job was largely organized. Virtually all listed securities had been registered, a simplified registration form for new security issues...
Tasted after this raw whiskey of grief. Irishman Joyce's poems will seem well aged...