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John Newton Mitchell
MITCHELL, JOHN NEWTON John Newton Mitchell served as U.S. attorney general from 1969 to 1972. A key political adviser to President richard m. nixon, Mitchell was later convicted of crimes associated with the watergate scandal, becoming the first attorney general to serve time in a federal... Read more |
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Edwin Adams
Adams, Edwin (1834–77), actor. Born in Medford, Massachusetts, he made his debut in Boston in 1853 in The Hunchback, then worked in Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York, serving some of his apprenticeship under Joseph Jefferson and E. A. Sothern. Adams's first important New York appearance... Read more |
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Pacific scandal
Pacific scandal 1873, a major event in Canadian political history. Charges were made in Parliament that the Conservative administration of Sir John A. Macdonald had accepted campaign funds from Sir Hugh Allan in return for a promise to award Allan's syndicate the contract to build the Canadian... Read more |
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Marconi scandal
Marconi scandal. An Edwardian political-financial controversy. The scandal arose out of a contract for the construction of a chain of wireless stations between the English Marconi Company and the British government represented by the postmaster-general, Herbert Samuel, who was a wholly innocent... Read more |
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Teapot Dome Scandal 1921-1924
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Albert Bacon Fall
Albert Bacon Fall 1861-1944, American cabinet official, b. Frankfort, Ky. He became a rancher in New Mexico and a political leader in that state. Elected to the U.S. Senate in 1912, he served there until President Harding made him Secretary of the Interior in 1921. Fall was one of the chief figures... Read more |
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Kim Young Sam
Kim Young Sam 1927-, South Korean political leader, b. Gyeongsang prov. He was first elected to the National Assembly in 1954 and served nine terms. A long-time political dissident and opponent of military rule, he was banned from politics from 1980 to 1985 and was twice subjected to house arrest.... Read more |
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Junius
Junius English political author, known only by the signature Junius, which he signed to various letters written to the London Public Advertiser from Jan., 1769, to Jan., 1772, attacking George III and his ministers. The letters, centering on John Wilkes and the controversy over the Middlesex... Read more |
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Sir Ralph Richardson
Sir Ralph Richardson 1902-83, English stage and film actor. Since his first professional stage appearance in The Merchant of Venice (1921), Richardson has played a variety of classic and modern roles. His work with the Birmingham Repertory Theatre and with the Old Vic gave him wide Shakespearean... Read more |
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Archibald Cox
Archibald Cox Archibald Cox (born 1912), lawyer, educator, author, labor arbitrator, and public servant, was appointed special prosecutor to investigate the Watergate political scandal in 1973. Five months later he was fired in the "Saturday Night Massacre." Archibald Cox began an active... Read more |
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Doing it with pride ; Amid continuing political scandals and voter apathy, is...
...ways in which new people could...the deluge of political leaflets offering...on by apparent political skulduggery...of the lack of political leadership and...is a Dublin-based consultant working...script and they play their part...and business scandals to happen without... |
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Each new scandal erodes the vestiges of faith in politicians
...characters in the New Labour-Whitehall...merging into the scandals about MPs' expenses...perpetuating London-based governing elite...disengagement from the political process and even...of this latest scandal will fade. But...those old Tory scandals - Mellor, Hamilton...an image of a ... |
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Little Rock: the political, literary, cultural, historical, and scandal...
...a lot like the political center of the...reconsidering the political viability of a...the original in New Orleans but not...literary magazines is based just up the road...where we can all play Old South to beat...unofficial Clinton Scandal Tour. Or you...Arkansas--the ... |
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Soccer chiefs play a power game Political fight and financial scandal loom...
...who could be sitting on a scandal bigger than the Salt Lake City...must seek a mandate to form a new executive or allow someone else...Blatter, chose ISL, a Swiss-based, Adidas-founded company...staffers to form FIFA' s own new marketing wing.The 24-member... |
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The issue: As expected, the race for Will County state's attorney has hit new...
...in the Chicago truck scandal affects his office...the witness stand would play to deflect a persistent...the truck-for-hire scandal. Tomczak said he did...domain name registrar based in Canada. The Web sites...dismissing these antics as political campaign shenanigans... |
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Sex scandal latest scene in political high-wire act--President Clinton and...
...tactics by his political enemies. His...views. Also at play, these observers...an unforgiving political climate and a...environment that feed scandal. "I've been...quantity of Clinton scandals is unprecedented...ideological and political positions...Austin-based Republican ... |
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Soccer chiefs play political game A corruption scandal looms over global...
...who could be sitting on a scandal bigger than the Salt Lake City...must seek a mandate to form a new executive or allow someone else...Blatter, chose ISL, a Swiss-based, Adidas-founded company...staffers to form FIFA' s own new marketing wing.The 24-member... |
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Corruption scandals leave PM fighting for his political life in election...
...fighting for his political life, they would...series of corruption scandals. The latest involves...South African-based businessman. Incredibly...allegations as a "political plot". When the...spotlight on him and play down the Likud...the vote-buying scandal erupted. But now...would ... |
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Political Analysts Urge Obama To Address Blagojevich Scandal; Obama Plans To...
...for a total of four new brigades or roughly...resurgent Taliban. New fallout this morning in the "pay to play" scandal surrounding Illinois...now there are some new questions about just...was considering me based on my 13 years of... |
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Centres kick Major's game plan into touch The Sorbonne of sport became a...
...Britain's new sporting curriculum...whose battered political football has now...into touch by New Labour's determination to play the game by their...become a school for scandal, causing little...doctoring, new names and new...said they had based their idea on... |
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