Word: patrick
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...quick results for the people of the South Bronx on housing and other matters. If doing that is "criminal," I must plead guilty. But I don't think the people in the South Bronx believe that what I do is wrong. Through "the dean of the political bosses Patrick J. Cunningham," I have gotten jobs for over 20 poor Puerto Ricans. If this makes Patrick J. Cunningham evil, don't tell any of the people I have gotten jobs...
...community. I ran for Congress in 1970 to publicize the declining conditions in my area. I lost narrowly to Herman Badillo and came back in 1971 to form my own political club. During the 1972 election, I was a strong supporter of Sen. George McGovern (along with Patrick J. Cunningham) and was elected a Democratic district leader. As a party official, I have been able to use my influence to bring additional services to my constituents. Last year, I won election to the City Council in a tri-borough district. I really have no long range ambitions and have repeatedly...
Morgan came at the invitation of Patrick Shea, a personal acquaintance and Mather House's pre-law adviser, who thought the 43-year-old advocate might have a message for prospective lawyers. "I've seen too many students fall into law school because they can't think of anything else to do," Shea said. "I thought Morgan could use his experiences to show them some of the dangers of getting into legal education without a strong personal commitment...
...Life here is all 'arse up and head down,' " says Crew Member Patrick Baron. Roughneck Leo Cariou, a veteran of 14 years in oilfields round the world, explains: "It's part adventure, part backbreaking toil, a big part loneliness. We are the adventurers of the energy business, and the oceans are our last frontier to exploit." That is a notion not often expressed here on the barge; the relentless search for oil affords time for little but the mind-numbing and muscle-aching work that grinds along in hopes of the big payoff...
...former Attorney General. Says one of Mitchell's associates: "He is no more going to hand up Richard Nixon than Teddy Kennedy would have handed up Bobby Kennedy, or vice versa. The loyalty is that deep." Also among the likely targets of the grand jury are L. Patrick Gray, the former acting director of the FBI; Maurice Stans, Nixon's highly successful fund raiser and former Secretary of Commerce; and Charles Colson, easily the investigator's most tantalizingly elusive suspect. He sent Jaworski a 40-page memo explaining why he should not be indicted...