Article: Two Errant New Yorkers

Reminded that it was he who had appointed a judge who displeased him, New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia replied, "I have made a lot of good appointments, and I think I am good. But when I make a mistake, it's a beaut."

This week, two of the late mayor's fellow New Yorkers got off beauts of their own. Theirs, however, can't be played for laughs. And unlike La Guardia, no airports will ever be named after them.

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The former congresswoman from New York, who was also the 1984 Democratic vice presidential nominee, resigned as a fundraiser for Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, having committed the sin of setting her mouth in ...

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