People, Jun. 13, 1977

The unsinkable Bella Abzug tossed one of her outsize hats into yet another political ring last week. It was some chapeau: a black straw garden-party number. Likewise, it was some ring: the race for the Democratic nomination for mayor of New York City. No one was exactly surprised at Bella's decision. The onetime Congresswoman, loser to Daniel Patrick Moynihan for a Democratic nomination in last year's U.S. Senate race, had been announcing her announcement for weeks. Still, when she decided to make the toss official, Bella, 56, announced again, with characteristic vigor. "I'm...

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