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    William Magear "Boss" Tweed (April 3, 1823 – April 12, 1878) was an American politician most notable for being the political boss of Tammany Hall, the...
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    Berwick-upon-Tweed (/ˈbɛrɪk/ ), sometimes known as Berwick-on-Tweed or simply Berwick, is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, 2.5 mi (4 km)...
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    built in the Italianate style with Romanesque Revival interiors. William M. "Boss" Tweed – the corrupt leader of Tammany Hall, a political machine that...
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    Tammany Hall (category William M. Tweed)
    engine for graft and political corruption, most infamously under William M. "Boss" Tweed in the mid-19th century. The Tammany ward boss or ward heeler,...
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  • tweed in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tweed is a woollen fabric. Tweed may also refer to: Tweed, Ontario, Canada Tweed, Ontario (village) Tweed,...
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    a series of successful purchases in nearly every ward of Manhattan. William Tweed later said of Wood, "I never yet went to get a corner lot that I didn't...
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    Tweed is a municipality located in central-eastern Ontario, Canada, in Hastings County. The Municipality of Tweed is an amalgamated municipality comprising...
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    of Theodore Roosevelt. His maternal grandfather was Harrison Tweed, the grandson of William M. Evarts. Roosevelt acquired an interest in natural history...
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  • University of America, where he had notable success in the title role of William Shakespeare’s Richard III. Bosco began his career in Broadway theatre and...
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    Bliss Tweed Mill is a former mill for the manufacture of tweed. It is located on the edge of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. It became a...
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