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Word: tammanyizing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Among the 400-odd gridiron guests: Tammany Chief John Francis Curry, Sugar Lobbyist Herbert Conrad Lakin, Senatorial Host Walter J. Fahy, National City Bank President Gordon John Rentschler, the Governors of Missouri, Kansas, Virginia, Maryland; Senator Grundy (very popular), but not Senator Brookhart.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Gridironing | 12/23/1929 | See Source »

A yellow-jacketed book, In the Reign of Rothstein, appeared. Rothstein-Mathematician of Crime was published serially in a New York daily. Throughout the autumnal mayoralty campaign, candidates aspiring to Mayor Walker's desk filled the newspapers with accusations that Tammany Hall was afraid to prosecute the Rothstein case...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTE: Tammany's Rothstein | 12/16/1929 | See Source »

New York City. Tammany's Mayor James John Walker beat Republican Congressman Fiorello Henry La Guardia for the No. 1 municipal office in the U. S. by an eight-to-three margin. The only surprise in the election was a large "protest" vote given Socialist Norman Thomas (174,931...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Vote Castings | 11/18/1929 | See Source »

Tammany. "After all, Tammany Hall for a century has been the dominating political party in the city of New York. . . . Had I accepted advice, I would not have spoken in Tammany Hall just one week after my nomination for the Presidency. But I had my strongest inclination to speak in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Politics and Sprigs | 11/4/1929 | See Source »

On Nov. 5 the people of New York City will elect a mayor. Outstanding issue in the campaign has been the year-old Rothstein murder case (TIME, Dec. 24) with accompanying charges of laxity and corruption in the present Tammany administration, headed by re-election-seeking Mayor James John Walker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Football: Oct. 21, 1929 | 10/21/1929 | See Source »

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