Word: mugavero
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...mapping out a detailed plan for low-cost construction, Nehemiah's sponsors went looking for additional help from city hall. When New York Mayor Ed Koch pleaded poverty, the group won the day by pointing to the support that the project had already garnered. Recalls Roman Catholic Bishop Francis Mugavero: "I said to the mayor, 'I would suggest that you steal the money, and I will absolve you.' " Laughing, Koch finally responded...