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Richard M. Daley
Richard M. Daley

Richard M. Daley, born on April 24, 1942, is an American politician who served as the Mayor of Chicago. He held the office from 1989 to 2011, becoming one of the longest-serving mayors in Chicago's history. Daley is known for his strong leadership style and efforts to revitalize the city. more

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“I caught a tremendous fish and held him beside the boat half out of water, with my hook fast in a corner of his mouth. He didn't fight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I stared and stared and victory filled up the little rented boat from the pool of bilge where oil had spread a rainbow around the rusted engine to the bailer rusted orange, the sun-cracked thwarts the oarlocks on their strings, the gunnels-until everything was rainbow, rainbow, rainbow! And I let the fish go.”

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Book:The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With an Essay on His Life and Genius /c by Arthur Murphy, Esq
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