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Man of the House, by Thomas P. O'Neill with William Novak

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The early 1980′s were a dismal time for Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill. In the most memorable televised campaign spot of the 1980 elections, an O’Neill look-alike was cast as the ultimate Washington pol, driving an immense, sputtering gas-guzzler, wanting to spe



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