Just a Kid from Hell's Kitchen - In Remembrance of TC Murray

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JUST A KID FROM HELL’S KITCHEN: MEMOIR OF AN ACTIVIST (A Trilogy) Author: T.C. Murray Copyright 2005 by Thomas C. Murray All rights reserved
This book is dedicated to the memory of Delia Murray. Thank you Mom, for your love and the countless sacrifices that you made on my behalf. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (to be added) 2
Page 1: Just a Kid from Hell’s Kitchen Me
Page 5 and 6: Chapter 1 - DELIA’S SECRET TABLE
Page 7 and 8: Chapter 5 - ACADEMY DAYS AT POWER M
Page 9 and 10: Chapter 9 - HOPPING AT THE HARVARD
Page 11 and 12: BEYOND THE CLASSROOM DOOR: A MEMOIR
Page 13 and 14: Chapter 15 - HISTORY CAN BE FUN 1.
Page 15 and 16: Chapter 19 - THE SEVEN WONDERS QUES
Page 17 and 18: Chapter 23 - TAKING ON GOLIATH - A
Page 19 and 20: Chapter 27 - GAY AM I BY THE GOD TH
Page 21: JUST A KID FROM HELL’S KITCHEN
Page 24 and 25: On December 5, 1933, the 18 th amen
Page 26 and 27: BRIDGET DELIA MURRAY My mother, Bri
Page 28 and 29: DELIA’S SECRET I am Delia’s sec
Page 30 and 31: As the storm troopers of the Third
Page 32 and 33: There was no washer or dryer in thi
Page 34 and 35: THE RESIDENTS - A TRUE MOSAIC I wou
Page 36 and 37: FROM ONE PAULIST PARISH TO ANOTHER
Page 39 and 40: CHAPTER 2 - KILROY WAS HERE AND SO
Page 41 and 42: TAKE THAT YOU RATS Conserve! Conser
Page 43 and 44: In 1941, my next-door neighbor, the
Page 45 and 46: Sabotage was all the talk on Februa
Page 47 and 48: President Roosevelt’s attendance
Page 49 and 50: “NEW YORK’S PICTURE NEWSPAPER
Page 51 and 52: THERE’S GLAD NEWS TONIGHT LADIES
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The pre-War years saw the advent of
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By the spring of 1944, Allied troop
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THE DAY THE WAR ENDED The war is ov
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Chapter 3 - GROWING UP IN THE CENTE
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With a bar located in our building,
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A CINEPHILE IS BORN From day one, I
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The Town Theatre and the Tivoli The
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Lay teachers supplemented the relig
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The book was formatted in a questio
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PLAYMATES 57 th Street is a wide cr
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The next big event was the beginnin
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Costumes for trick and treating wer
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PCQ6: What superhero did young Bill
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Trying to find Aunt Betty after com
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My favorite radio program was “Un
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It was about that time in my life t
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My Irish-born mom, Delia, gave me
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It wouldn’t be too long before I
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CONFIRMATION NAME? PATRICK, OF COUR
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Even though I could not swim, I alw
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As my entry into the eight-grade qu
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The carousel was not too far away f
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My second “arrest” came after p
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One experience that I shall never f
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Come the summer of ’47, I was thi
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Me, well I liked my 15 minute seria
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The parade went on as scheduled. Pr
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I declined her generous offer, and
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No sooner than I arrived back in th
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Chapter 5 - ACADEMY DAYS AT POWER M
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For more serious offenses, such as
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I would go on to take Latin II with
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The four years of Music Theory were
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The following were the rules that w
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On the first Friday of every month
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I’m sure that many of us have hea
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In most cases, your homeroom modera
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Brother Offer failed me! That’s w
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THOMAS P. KOSTKA, BROTHER EXTRAORDI
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IT’S A DANGEROUS WORLD OUT THERE,
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Chapter 6 - A TYPICAL TEENAGER? GRO
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PUPPY LOVE Have you ever passed a p
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SIDEWALK SUPERINTENDENT The post-wa
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It was on this same stoop that the
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My delivery zone included a two-blo
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Paulist organist, Herb Becker, also
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Across the street, adjacent to the
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Miss Cowhey gave Elizabeth and Bell
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EATING OUT Eating out as a teenager
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PCQ14: What was the name of the New
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Charlotte Leonard had worked with m
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Upon turning eighteen, all young me
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Chapter 7 - GROWING UP CATHOLIC IN
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Senior servers were given select as
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HERB BECKER, ROLE MODEL One of the
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Taking advantage of the cavernous a
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During each mass, the parish priest
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As for me, I chose not to attend an
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One of my attributes was, and is, h
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THOSE FORTY DAYS OF LENT - OUCH! As
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Lent officially ended at noon on Ho
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DELIA’S SECRET SHATTERS AN IRISH
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Because of my fidelity to the Catho
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I took a cab from the Olean train s
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BEER AND BURTON BURGERS About a hal
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LETTERS FROM MOM While all of the l
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A MIXED UP COLLEGE KID Upon my retu
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Brother Kostka’s U. S. History cl
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After checking that morning at a lo
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Having to declare a major by the mi
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DRINKING BEER AND PLAYING THE JUKEB
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One day, while in a creative mood,
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For the next week I was their house
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The daily routine began with the sh
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And yet another weekend I went up t
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Chapter 9 - HOPPING AT THE HARVARD
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I arrived early on my first day of
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WALKING THE GREAT WHITE WAY The cre
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RISING THROUGH THE RANKS It was a b
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THE STEADIES McClure Howland was a
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HARVARD HALL The most impressive ro
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Heading the list was George S. Mont
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In January of 1957 Governor J. Brac
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Based in Washington, D.C., Mr. Ferm
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Sometimes my co-workers were in a f
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Mr. Montgomery and Mrs. Cowles both
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Chapter 10 - THE BELLHOP AND THE DI
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An emergency session of the Securit
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THE EISENHOWER DOCTRINE IS INVOKED
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Dr. Malik had invited me to attend
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On February 4 we met at the Harvard
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We both put on our finest attire an
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Although Charles Habib Malik passed
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Eisenhower was a visionary a la Hen
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The 1990 movie Guilty by Suspicion
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Shortly after the hearings, Senator
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Sometime during the late 1960’s,
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Religious programs abounded over th
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Television would change the entire
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A BLUE-COLLAR PATRON OF THE ARTS My
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HANGING OUT AT THE “GREASY SPOON
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FUNTIMES IN THE CITY One thing was
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WHERE HAVE ALL THE ORANGE ROOFS GON
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I like watching the credits followi
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ROCKAWAY BEACH - “IRISHTOWN, USA
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An evening walk on Rockaway’s boa
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The life to the Coliseum, which was
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Anti-Semitic references were common
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Journalists like Murray Kempton of
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BEYOND THE CLASSROOM DOOR: MEMOIR O
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September had arrived and, in despe
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The year 1957 marked a giant step f
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Aside from the academics and athlet
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My good friend from Hell’s Kitche
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Former New Jersey governor, Jim McG
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Brother Offer was the ultimate capt
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As we arrived considerably early fo
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At the beginning of my drinking day
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On a not so spirited level were the
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PLAYLAND TIME Playland, Rye is an a
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Chapter 13 - WHO SEZ I WOULDN’T M
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We now had, in effect, a mini-home
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Of course, the law of averages dict
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Highlighting the All Hallow’s Eve
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Behind the desk, I had to prepare t
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A TEACHER GROWS IN AN EVER-GROWING
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Brother William Vianney Dennehy had
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Certainly the Symphony Hall move wa
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The luncheon paid off for shortly t
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The two weeks went by quickly and I
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Chapter 14 - BOTH SIDES OF THE HUDS
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~ Unfortunately, North Arlington di
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Yes, we are sandwiched in between N
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My initial introduction to my new p
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Variety shows still held their popu
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They settled down on Brentwood wher
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Carnegie Hall was only a few blocks
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Al Gamache was the bartender and qu
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They both ordered a piccolo of cham
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One night, I discovered Dixieland J
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Our first major presentation was he
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Sunday, we visited more shrines and
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However, this was not the case when
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Nearly ten thousand people visited
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THE JERSEYMEN One of the more lasti
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The Archdiocesan officials now had
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While the students danced the night
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Congressman Osmers articulated the
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YOU’RE ON THE AIR I have always b
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While the play was being written, I
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Chapter 16 - MR. MURRAY GOES TO WAS
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Because of the large volume of busi
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The headquarters for the Eagleton s
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The Speaker, John McCormack from Ma
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Yes, there is a subway (tram) syste
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By 10AM, I was sorting the Congress
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In the old days, a representative o
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A HEARING HERE AND A BRIEFING THERE
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Back in 1964 a Congressperson repre
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CONGRESSMAN OSMERS, NEW JERSEY’S
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A new lexicon of words and phrases
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Congressman Rodino advised the grou
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We were all “bright and bushy-tai
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I attended briefings at the Pentago
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I returned to Washington on Friday,
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I visited mom often on “the Drive
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OUR SUMMER ESTATE A camp without ca
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THE REALM OF RIP VAN WINKLE It was
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Mom and I were invited to attend th
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Before I left for the Catskills, my
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A GLORIOUS SUNSET FOR DELIA In an e
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After having a light lunch, I prepa
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AT MY FATHER’S HOUSE Brother Denn
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Yes, I miss my mother dearly. Whene
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One of the greatest sport challenge
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The summer of 1969 went smoothly at
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Joe and Pat are cat fanciers and I
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Proud of his new school, John invit
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Thanks to Mary Lonergan, we drove a
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At the conclusion of the formal age
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One evening, while sipping on a Dew
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So it was at a late fall Faculty Me
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In a cabal-like setting, elements o
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About 4:30PM I fixed myself a Manha
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November 1978 was a bittersweet mon
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The Club grew, as did the fish tale
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A UNION ACTIVIST IS REBORN I reacti
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4. Academic freedom, including Firs
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Chapter 19 - THE 7 WONDERS QUEST AN
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THE ENVELOPE PLEASE The big day fin
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And speaking of Atlantic City, Mari
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AN ALUMNUS RETURNS TO POWER MEMORIA
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The staff was quite professional. T
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Michael Holly was one of my former
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THE OFFICE Brother Mike Binkley mad
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AND WE’RE OFF I had big plans for
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THE 7 X 7 MANMADE WONDERS OF NEW YO
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The nominees for the 7 X 7 Manmade
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AND THE WINNERS ARE The moment arri
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Chapter 20 - SIGHTS, SCHOOLS AND ST
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Then it was on to Ventura for a thr
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Do you know the way to San Jose? On
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In the fall of 1981, Mr. Outwater c
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In 1990, Mr. Hungerford announced t
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Hopping “Amsterdammers” (stanch
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I decided that Rome should be our s
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A close friendship also developed b
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In 1987, I organized our own “Jeo
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Another one of my former student’
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The producers and Mr. Downey were g
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I had the opportunity to talk to Mo
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“Children of the Stormy Sixties,
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Scene II, “The U.S.O. - Over Here
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Chapter 21 - THE STORMY SIXTIES AND
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The Democrats went on to choose Hub
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Some of the century’s great bands
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There have been other controversial
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One day during his United States Am
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A terse statement from the principa
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It was not uncommon too, for an Ess
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STOPPED AT THE BORDER ALONG CANADA
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WE HAVE NO MONEY - THE LIBRARY AND
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Some 400,000 flower children conver
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Chapter 22 - LEADING OUR NATION’S
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PATERNALISM PREVAILS Back in the da
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Substantial salary gains were negot
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CONTRACT MISINTERPRETED George Ripl
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That same day I wrote a letter on b
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THE WEEKEND BEFORE “S” DAY Vari
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The striking teachers picketed each
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Mr. Bannigan, and older, distinguis
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I definitely think that, subconscio
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THE FIRST PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE F
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Chapter 23 - TAKING ON GOLIATH - A
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THE PLOY I had to devise an effecti
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Barry Ryan, President of the Lay Te
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John Murray of Philadelphia offered
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Of all the three AFT locals, it was
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Hung over, I returned to North Arli
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Mike Walsh, a good Irish-Catholic (
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At an April 29 th meeting with Ed L
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Not to be outdone, I issued a two p
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As a result of this landmark decisi
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Chapter 24 - BICENTENNIAL FEVER USA
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The mailing process was tedious, wh
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After the presentation ended, we we
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DINNER WITH DICK No, not that Dick,
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Bob Tortoriello, then a student at
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I think that far too many people to
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As mentioned previously, I had an o
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Joan Hull, the first non-Catholic e
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September had arrived and the Commi
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THE GLORIOUS FOURTH, 1976 New York
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TAKING OVER AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR T
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IF I WERE ONLY MAYOR Mr. Carmen Bia
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Two glass-enclosed showcase cars fe
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A statewide effort to recreate Wash
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Chapter 25 - ON AND OFF THE BARSTOO
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Sitting on the barstool and swiveli
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MOTHER FORGIVE ME FOR I KNEW NOT WH
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In May of ’69, I was coaching my
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On August 31, 1972, I overindulged
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THE IRISH ROAD SHOW Martin Costello
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After having a couple of Manhattan
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That was the case one evening in th
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I spent that Sunday with a former E
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THE CENTURY HOUSE OF RED BANK, NEW
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Finally, someone discovered me, and
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One must try to follow the 12 Steps
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Chapter 26 - DOUBTING THOMAS SWINGS
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Not only was I repelled by the Brit
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Then came the somewhat non-descript
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Why confess your sins to a priest w
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PHEBOPHILES PARADISE While I was no
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AND THE WALLS CAME TUMBLING DOWN In
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Blue laws are so much a part of the
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In 2000, I voted for the Green Part
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Lobbies remain a vital force in Ame
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CARD-CARRYING MEMBER OF THE A.C.L.U
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I do not believe in individual welf
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Chapter 27- GAY AM I BY THE GOD THA
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My high school years at Power Memor
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It was not until the 1974-75 academ
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The Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop o
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THE CONTINENTAL BATHS, A HOMOSEXUAL
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Yes, it was one of those nights - a
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LOOKING FOR LOVE IN ALL THE WRONG P
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Pickup bars and male escort agencie
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Since the death of my mom, Delia, i
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St. Anselm’s in Wayside, New Jers
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On the Long Island Expressway, ther
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The highlight of Gay pride is event
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To me, the “gay American” annou
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My friend, Bill Hungerford, a Unite
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GAYS ARE GOD’S CHILDREN TOO As a
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I clipped the piece from the NYT an
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After many re-writes, I finally mai
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I decided to title the anthology: T
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The following Saturday another poet
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We had seen Nunsense a few years ea
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“OH BROTHER!” - THE PRODUCTION
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The following week, I read the crit
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His patter skips back and forth bet
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Bobby picked me up at Newark Airpor
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On Wednesday, May 28 th Scott met m
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Then, at age sixty-five, I applied
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Red Bank is the home of the Count B
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I still have the blood of the city
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On Sunday evening, Bobby and his fa
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~ On Wednesday, January 15 th , the
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I was released from “PC” about
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Please, God, take me. Don’t take,
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I rediscovered Philly in 1998 and h
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TC’S NEWSLETTERS TO MY FORMER STU
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Introducing Marc, I made sure to we
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LIFE IS A PUZZLE I am a “couch po
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I had heard that a classmate of min
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The 2006 post-parade party was held
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On March 28, 2006, I returned to th
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