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...subject of ethnic pride never arose. Dad was simply being practical. In the New York of his day, a tribal pecking order prevailed in many fields. Mario Cuomo, though a top student, couldn't find a berth in any major law firm. Except for the lowliest jobs, Wall Street, insurance and banking were also closed to those of Mediterranean or Slavic descent. A handful of legal and financial establishments were the preserves of high-caste German Jews, seldom hospitable to Polish and Russian Jews. The Postal Service was more ) egalitarian. The merit system allowed a Baratz to rise in rank...
...move that promises to enhance Harvard's studies in electronic music, Columbia professor Mario Davidovsky has accepted a post in the Music Department...
Dall W. Forsythe, a lecturer in public policy at the Kennedy School, will also be a member of the transition team. Forsythe was previously New York Gov. Mario M. Cuomo's budget director...
...course, no one has yet outdone George Steinbrenner in the art of scamming a city. Unsatisfied with his virtually free lease of historic Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, baseball's biggest brat is threatening to take his team to New Jersey. Governor Mario Cuomo has scrambled to avert this dubious catastrophe, proposing a 1 billion dollar bond issue which would, among other things, pay for a new stadium in the city...
SERENADE (1956). James M. Cain's baroque novel featured an opera singer consumed by an obsessive relationship with a gay impresario. In the movie Mario Lanza is consumed by ... Joan Fontaine...