Harold Brown, a 31-year-old self-taught engineer, asked if he could conduct experiments at Edison's lab.

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Brown, argues progressive analysts such as Harold Meyerson, has become very much the model of a modern blue state leader.

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His second term was marred by additional scandal including a 2007 civil lawsuit brought against Kilpatrick by his ex-bodyguard Harold Nelthrope and former Deputy Chief Police Gary Brown.

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