Word: tammanyizing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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A graduate of Professor Baker's noted school of the drama at Yale, Sklar became well known when one of his early plays, written in collaboration with Albert Maltz, was banned in New York during the Tammany administration because of its expository nature.
Also in his first year Adolph Ochs took another bold step which was significantly prophetic. He rejected $150.000 worth of advertising-enough to ensure the Times's success-which had been offered by the Tammany-controlled city government, because he feared even the appearance of evil. Less than four...
Samuel Rufus Rosoff was born in Minsk, Russia, 53 years ago. Aged u, he worked his way to the U. S. as a potato-peeler on an immigrant ship. A tough, dirty little boy who had never been inside a school, he sold newspapers, slept on warm sidewalk gratings, learned...
Mr. Whitney had so far said nothing. But his friends last week were openly campaigning, and the odds were 3-to-1 in his favor, regardless of what the nominating committee might do. Pro-Whitney brokers passed out petition cards directed to the nominating committee and needing only a member...
Like Tammany in its prime, the Chinese Benevolent Association can be benevolent. It cares for its poor (throughout Depression, Manhattan's Chinatown has had no breadline), runs an employment bureau, looks out for its sick, provides funerals. Also like Tammany, it has its hostile Press.