Word: wagnerism
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...settlement turned out to be the union that had not been expected to give anybody trouble-the big but rarely belligerent Newspaper Guild. Even before Bert Powers' printers went on strike last Dec. 8, the Guild had come to terms with most Manhattan papers. But when Mayor Wagner drew up a settlement stipulating that the contracts for the city's ten newspaper unions all lapse at the same time, the Guild got back into the act; its agreement was necessary on any new expiration date. And, said Guild Executive Vice President Thomas Murphy, "if we are going...
...will try this year, including manager Bill Rigney. In unguarded moments some members of this crazy team have even considered trying to win the pennant. The Angels might do something like that, but chances are a goal so normal will soon bore such characters as Bo Belinsky and Leon Wagner...
...Angels did amaze the league last year, though, and their rise was not totally unreasonable. Leon Wagner was actually much tougher than his .268 average implies, and his 37 homers and 107 RBIs were often strategically placed. First baseman Lee Thomas may not be ideal as a fielder, but he hits with authority and regularity (.290). Billy Moran was a nobody until last year; now he is one of the most respected second basemen around...
...easy access to many great men and women. Literally dozens of them visit the House each year, to read their poetry, or describe their last electoral campaign, or explain their ideas; guests this year have included poets Marianne Moore and Robert Lowell, Sen. Maureen Neuberger, New York's Mayor Wagner, and art collector Maxim Karolik. Almost every student in the House will have dinner with a great light such as these in the course of a year, and the food at these gatherings, thoughtfully paid for by the Ford Foundation, is heart-breakingly good...
...added that most of the self-proclaimed reformers elected with Mayor Wagner were man "without programs," who themselves were "products of the organization...