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Teapot Dome Scandal 1921-1924
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John Dillon
John Dillon 1851-1927, Irish nationalist. A supporter of Charles Stewart Parnell , he entered Parliament in 1880 and was arrested several times for his advocacy of boycotting and agrarian agitation. After the Parnell divorce scandal, Dillon led the anti-Parnell faction until the Nationalist party... Read more |
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Black Sox scandal 1919-1921
BLACK SOX SCANDAL BLACK SOX SCANDAL. The Black Sox scandal began with the World Series of October 1919, when eight members of the Chicago White Sox baseball team allegedly conspired to lose to the Cincinnati Reds. The Reds won five games to three at a time when the series could go to nine games.... Read more |
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Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin (Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin), 1889-1977, English film actor, director, producer, writer, and composer, b. London. Chaplin began on the music-hall stage and then joined a pantomime troupe. While on tour in the United States, he was recruited by Mack Sennett . Chaplin merged... Read more |
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The Daiwa Bank Ltd
The Daiwa Bank, Ltd. 2-1, Bingomachi 2-chomeChuo-ku Osaka 540-8610JapanTelephone: +81-6-6271-1221Fax: +81-6-6268-1337Web site: http://www.daiwabank.co.jp Public Company Incorporated: 1918 as Osaka Nomura BankEmployees: 7,315Total Assets: $7.46 billion (2000)Stock Exchanges: TokyoTicker Symbol:... 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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Scandal
576. Scandal (See also Controversy.) Abélard, Peter (1079–c. 1144) French theologian takes Héloïse, abbess, as lover; marries her in secret. [Fr. Hist.: EB, I: 18] Black Sox Scandal Chicago White Sox baseball players accused of taking bribes to lose the 1919 World... 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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Serge Gainsbourg
Serge Gainsbourg Singer, songwriter For the Record… Scandalous Romances “Je T Read more |
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Nippon Meat Packers Inc
Nippon Meat Packers, Inc. 6-14, Minami-Honmachi 3-chomeChuo-kuOsaka, 541-0054JapanTelephone: (06) 282-3031Fax: (06) 282-1056Web site: http://www.nipponham.co.jp Public CompanyIncorporated: 1949Employees: 2,589Sales: Yen 934.6 billion ($8.7 billion) (2005)Stock Exchanges: TokyoTicker Symbol:... Read more |
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