Word: lomasney
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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...
...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...