Word: rapport
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...city are canvassed unsparingly and fearlessly; the "deals" of the city politicians are exhibited to public criticism; the rentals of wharves, the selling of franchises to corporations: the buying of votes, and the corruption of the poles are instanced with facts and names, and the citizens are kept en rapport with the debit and credit account of the city. The showing up of the men and their methods in this point blank fashion has earned for Mr. Welsh a reputation among those who say with the Prince of Arragon in the Merchant of Venice...