Word: procaccinos
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...know John Marchi, and he is somebody. John Lindsay is somebody else. And Procaccino is something else...
...only four years ago was one of the most attractive figures in the Republican Party, lost his party's primary last week to a political nobody, State Senator John Marchi. On the Democratic side, Robert Wagner, Lindsay's predecessor for twelve years, lost to City Comptroller Mario Procaccino, an emotional performer whose politics are not merely old but primordial. Though neither could be called racist or bigot, the victors had based their campaigns on one theme: public apprehension over violence and disorder...
...apart from race or ideology, to oppose the mayor on his record, which has had more than its share of disasters. At the same time, more than two-thirds of the Democrats voted for moderates and liberals, but those were split up among four rival candidates in the primary. Procaccino, the one Democratic law-and-order candidate, gained nomination with a bare 33%. A swing of a couple of percentage points the other way-or even the least modicum of unity among the liberals-would have changed the outcome...
...Night, which won him a National Book Award and a Pulitzer Prize, is one of a field of five in next week's Democratic pri mary. Best known among the others are Robert Wagner, mayor from 1954 until Republican John Lindsay took over in 1966, and Mario Procaccino, the city controller...
...They could all take a hint from New York City's Democratic Controller Mario Procaccino-who is not running for anything. Procaccino was recently stopped by a little old Italian lady who asked: "Mist' Procaccino, what do you think of Viet Nam?" "I think it's terrible," assured Mario, oozing concern. "God bless you," said the lady, supremely satisfied...