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    Fiorello Henry La Guardia (/fiːəˈrɛloʊ ləˈɡwɑːrdiə/; born Fiorello Raffaele Enrico La Guardia, Italian pronunciation: [fjoˈrɛllo raf.faˈɛ.le enˈriːko...
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    Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, often referred to simply as LaGuardia or "LaG", is a public high school specializing...
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  • Fiorello! is a musical about New York City mayor Fiorello La Guardia, a reform Republican, which debuted on Broadway in 1959, and tells the story of how...
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    legislation: Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska and Representative Fiorello H. La Guardia of New York, both Republicans. In the 1917 United States Supreme...
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    The mayoralty of Fiorello La Guardia lasted from January 1, 1934, to January 1, 1946, while he served as the 99th Mayor of New York City. His mayoralty...
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    public airport in 1939. It is named after former New York City mayor Fiorello La Guardia. The airport primarily accommodates airline service to domestic (and...
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  • of Fiorello La Guardia La Guardia (band), a Spanish pop-rock band Laguardia (band), American band fronted by Josh Ostrander Fiorello H. LaGuardia High...
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    of Fiorello H. La Guardia by Neil Estern is installed in Greenwich Village, New York City in LaGuardia Gardens, which is located at 547 LaGuardia Place...
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    for his work on stage, he originated the role of Fiorello La Guardia in the Broadway musical Fiorello!, earning the 1960 Tony Award for Best Performance...
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    with her parents and brother Fiorello La Guardia, the future first Italian-American mayor of New York. Gemma La Guardia was born in New York on 24 April...
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    City University of New York. LaGuardia is named after former congressman and New York City mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia. The college offers associate...
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  • following people are notable alumni of New York City's Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School (LaG) and its two legacy schools, The High School of Music &...
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    Walker, faced Republican Congressman and 1929 mayoral candidate Fiorello La Guardia, and former acting mayor and President of the New York City Board...
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    in part to the downfall of Tammany Hall and the rise of reformer Fiorello La Guardia. Ten years after his death, his brother declared Rothstein's estate...
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    exposed, Roosevelt stripped Tammany of federal patronage. Republican Fiorello La Guardia was elected mayor on a Fusion ticket and became the first anti-Tammany...
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    fourth term in 1989. No mayor had ever won a fourth term, though Fiorello La Guardia and Robert Wagner also served three terms, and Wagner attempted to...
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    took place on November 2, 1937 in New York City. Incumbent Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, the Republican candidate, was reelected with 60.09% of the vote...
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  • City Politics (Princeton University Press, 1994). Thomas Kessner, Fiorello H. La Guardia and the making of modern New York (1989) online Thomas B. Menino...
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    'Rosenfeld' and calling Fiorello La Guardia, the man whom he promised to make no anti-Semitic remarks about, Fiorello "Jew Lumpen" LaGuardia. Everything came...
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    approval ratings. Bloomberg joined Rudy Giuliani, John Lindsay, and Fiorello La Guardia as re-elected Republican mayors in the mostly Democratic city. Bloomberg...
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    Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, a Republican, and King County District Attorney William O'Dwyer, a Democrat, as well as other, third-party candidates. La Guardia...
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    loyalties. Popular New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia in fact underperformed among his own demographic; in 1941, La Guardia even lost the Italian vote to...
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    William M. Bennett Henry H. Curran Frank D. Waterman Fiorello La Guardia Lewis H. Pounds Fiorello La Guardia Jonah J. Goldstein Newbold Morris Edward F. Corsi...
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    nominee for mayor of New York City in the 1937 election, but lost to Fiorello La Guardia. Mahoney was born and raised on the East Side of Manhattan in New...
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    executive likened by Time and The New York Times to New York City's Fiorello La Guardia, he was the first Manila mayor to be reelected to three terms. Nicknamed...
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    lineup attended the ceremonies and praised Gehrig. New York mayor Fiorello La Guardia called Gehrig the "perfect prototype of the best sportsmanship and...
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    New York City was in dire need of a new airport by 1934, after Fiorello H. La Guardia was elected mayor. Angered that a flight on which he was a passenger...
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    to win a second term as mayor while on the Republican line since Fiorello H. La Guardia in 1941. Voter turnout was the lowest in twelve years, with 38%...
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    to nominate from each party for the seats, one settled on being Fiorello La Guardia for the 14th District for the US House of Representative seat against...
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  • Italian Americans the largest ethnic group in the New York metro area. Fiorello La Guardia was mayor of New York City 1934-1946 as a Republican. A 1993 survey...
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