Word: tammanyizing
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In answer to a question about the possibilities for democracy in African states, he commented that democracy in Africa does not have to take the form which it has taken "in Washington, in Boston, or in Tammany Hall." "While I believe in an opposition," he added, "I am not going...
But characteristically, Steve Kennedy demanded some basic agreements with the mayor before he would accept reappointment. He insisted on continuing his ban against moonlighting on the force, on the ground that cops cannot afford the divided loyalties involved in outside, off-duty jobs (permitted in the fire department). Wagner agreed...
"The time has come," the mayor said, "for the leader of the New York County Democratic organization to step aside." That solemn declaration from New York's Mayor Robert Wagner, who had been nervously clearing his throat for some time, launched the big offensive to throw out Tammany Boss...
De Sapio was no man to give up without a fight. Asked if he would step aside, he replied with a loud "no," and promised that the coming primaries would decide who is in charge. But with his patronage cut off at both the White House and city hall, Carmine...
Like many a well-dressed political boss, New York's Carmine De Sapio wears a velvet glove over his hard fist: his public utterances are usually soothing; he rarely shows irritation or displeasure. But last week De Sapio, sore beset by the so-called reform insurgents, who seek to...