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The grandson of Napoleon Bonaparte's younger brother Jérôme, Charles Bonaparte lacked his famous relative's ambition for world domination yet displayed a talent for visionary authority that might have impressed the Little Corporal. In the late 19th century, Charles Bonaparte, then a lawyer from Baltimore, came into the orbit of fast-rising New York politician Theodore Roosevelt through their shared interest in civil service reform. Bonaparte later became President Roosevelt's secretary of the Na...
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United States-Mexican history
Also known as: Gadsden Purchase Treaty, Treaty of La Mesilla
Also called: Treaty of La Mesilla
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These are baseball’s most scandalous players, many of them convicted criminals. If I have forgotten anyone scandalous, please let me know in the comments. I have asterisked (*) the starter at each position.
The crimes herein range from bigamy and human trafficking to cattle rustling!
For readers in a hurry, my ALL-SCANDAL TEAM, composed entirely of hall-of-famers or “would have beens,” is: (C) Cap Anson (1B) Orlando Cepeda (2B) Rogers Hornsby (SS) Alex Rodriguez (3B) Pete Rose (RF) Shoeles...
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