1875 - Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison and flees to Cuba, then Spain.

1875年声名狼藉的纽约市政客特威德老大从监狱越狱逃往古巴，然后是西班牙。

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Progressive Era reformers rightly targeted corruption among Boss Tweed-type contracts for city work.

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But Stevens pointed to the 1868 Boss Tweed elections in New York as an example of flagrant voter impersonation fraud that's been documented elsewhere.

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The movie also stars a sullen, stolid Leonardo DiCaprio as a young Irish immigrant eager to avenge the death of his father, Cameron Diaz as a prostitute and pickpocket, Liam Neeson as a fallen Irish leader, and Jim Broadbent as the corrupt political boss William Tweed.

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