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...that's just what New York needs these days--star wars and log cabins, a combination of Han Solo and Abe Lincoln. Oh well, maybe if we're lucky they'll dump James Reston for the Wookie...
...about town. In addition, Koch had a strategy. A self-proclaimed "liberal with sanity," he would adjust to the harsh new realities of life in the city by emphasizing management reform and by taking a tough line on fighting crime-including advocating capital punishment. He also became incumbent Mayor Abe Beame's sternest critic...
...dark corner of public indifference. Though the city has just begun to recuperate from the worst of times, more Democrats than ever sought their party's nomination this year. Voters last week confounded conventional wisdom and the pollsters by turning out in record numbers, rejecting both Incumbent Mayor Abe Beame and his ostensibly strongest challenger, Bella Abzug. In the process, the Democrats plucked from a cast of seven hopefuls two fresh faces: Congressman Edward Koch and New York Secretary of State Mario Cuomo. They must still battle through a runoff next week for the nomination, but it is virtually...
...rushed through the audience, raised his arm and-splat! Prankster Aaron Kay, the man who once pasted Daniel Patrick Moynihan in the face with a cream pie, had struck again. This time the pie was apple crumb and the victim was New York City Mayor Abe Beame, who was participating in a mayoral forum at Manhattan's Cooper Union. Fortunately for Beame, the pie merely splattered his blue suit. The mayor shrugged off the caper with a quip: "I like the Big Apple, not apple...
Eight rivals want Abe...