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...Sullivans are here to stay," quoth Cambridge's new mayor, Edward J. Judging by last November's election results and his father's prolification--four sons and four daughters--who would argue? The elder Sullivan, "Mickey the Dude" to friend and foe alike, got himself elected to the City Council with enormous majorities and kept himself there until his death in 1949 by suing the Lampoon, threatening to change the name of Harvard Square, and decrying "the Godless communism raging within the ivy-covered walls." Eddie still rallies the voters under the "tow-away-student-cars" banner occasionally...

Author: By Ernest A. Ostro, | Title: The Son of the Dude | 1/30/1956 | See Source »

...gotten votes--lots of them. Both Sullivan and his father Michael A. consistently got high totals at each council election, and Eddie outdistanced his nearest rival by almost two to one in last year's campaign. But compared to his father, the present mayor is a mild man. The Dude once pushed a bill through the City council renaming Harvard Square 'Washington Square' before that august body knew what had happened; it subsequently rescinded the measure...

Author: By Ernest A. Ostro, | Title: The Son of the Dude | 1/30/1956 | See Source »

...Says the Cowboy Sir: Fie on the reviewer of The American Cowboy for referring to Dr. Frantz and me as "dude professors" and "vicarious vaqueros" [Nov. 14]. I was riding an Indian pony and not "grabbin- " leather when I was "going on" seven, and I have broken more than one broncho. Furthermore, we don't the cowboy, and we believe that and the reality are inseparable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 5, 1955 | 12/5/1955 | See Source »

David Lipscomb College Nashville ¶ TIME'S dude critic smiled when he said that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 5, 1955 | 12/5/1955 | See Source »

Died. Sam Byrd, 47, actor, producer and novelist, who set a Broadway record with 1,151 consecutive performances (1933-36) as Dude Lester in Tobacco Road, during which time he bounced 18 squash balls to shreds against Jeeter Lester's poor-white shack; of leukemia; in Durham...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Nov. 28, 1955 | 11/28/1955 | See Source »

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