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Article: Two Errant New Yorkers
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- March 15, 2008
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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.
Let's take up these characters in alphabetical order.
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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