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was a failed system with unintended negative consequences and was involved in campaigns for its abolition.
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produced a "Roland D. Sawyer
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in 1925 and in 1942, a second try for Governor of Massachusetts in 1928, and a race for
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Harris, John G. (June 14, 1941). "Coakley Outsted: Guilty on 10 Counts".
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accused of murder in conjunction with a 1920 armed robbery in
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vol. 41, whole no. 231 (March–June 1909), pp. 304–306.
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An Epilogue to the Joys of my Summer Life at Kensington.
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