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...naive to believe that Jerusalem could become an independent sovereign city-state like the Vatican? Let the international community via the U.N. take the initial responsibility to make it safe and available to all people and religions, ending this chronic, divisive tug-of-war. Ken Lomasney, HOMER GLEN...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama on the Offensive | 12/20/2007 | See Source »

SEVENTY YEARS AGO Boston consisted of several petty fiefdom controlled by ward-level political machines. Martin "Mahatma" Lomasney in the West End, John "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald in the North End, and James Michael Curley himself, patriarch of the South End, plundered the city despite the efforts of the Good Government reformers, the goo-goos. Frustrated because the dominant Irish voters consistently supported the machines, the goo-goos resorted to state intervention to attack corruption. One of the state-imposed safeguards was the Boston Finance Commission, a watchdog agency consisting of five Boston residents appointed by the governor "to investigate...

Author: By Mike Kendall, | Title: The Politics of Spite | 5/10/1977 | See Source »

This is a lot of fish to let get away. Catholics account for 24% of the U.S. population, buy far more than their share of the average 10.6 lbs. of fish per capita that Americans consume each year. University of Illinois Food Economist William F. Lomasney estimates that the new deal will result in a 10% drop in consumption, which could slice $200 million off the industry's $2 billion yearly retail sales. In heavily Catholic areas such as Boston and Baltimore, the cut could be deeper; when meatless Fridays ended in Canada two months ago, sales in Montreal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Industry: Blue Fridays | 12/9/1966 | See Source »

...sincere regret that I had to have you as my opponent." Two years passed, and Jim Gallivan did indeed drop dead. Nine Democrats, including John McCormack, filed for the party's nomination to succeed Gallivan. The Irish masters of Boston-including Kingmaker James Michael Curley and Martin Lomasney, boss of the Eighth Ward-recalled McCormack favorably and spread the word that he was their man. "They figured McCormack was the type who, if he got to Congress, would stay there." recalls Lawyer James Sullivan, one of the eight disappointed also-rans. "They were right-he's never moved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Congress: Mr. Speaker | 1/19/1962 | See Source »

...Dunlap '30, C. H. Elsass '30, Leslie Flaksman '29, French, R. G. Gould '30, Guarnaccia, V. L. Hennessy '30, W. J. Henrich '28, Fletcher Hodges '28, R. R. Impink '28, W. V. King '28, W. R. Koch '29, C. M. Lauterhahn '30, D. A. Lomasney '29, R. G. Luttman '29, F. J. Mardulier '30, Ma, son, Moore, F. V. Nissen '30, R. H. O'Connell '30, O'Neil, Peet, Porter, J. W. Potter '30, Pratt, J. L. Reid '29, Shapiro, Tupper, David White '29, J. O. Wildes '29, and R. D. Williams...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: I. C. 4A. Titles at Stake as Stars Compete in Preliminary Events | 5/25/1928 | See Source »

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