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Arthur Connolly was a British captain who worked for the British East India Company. He was executed along with fellow British officer Charles Stoddart by the Emir of Bukhara, Nasrullah Khan in 1842 for spying for the British Empire. He coined the term The Great Game to describe the struggle between the British Empire and Russia for domination over Central Asia.

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FBI Agent, John Connolly Indicted For Taking Payoffs From New England Gangsters (969 words)
	Connolly, who was arrested in his Lynnfield, Mass., home, pleaded innocent in federal court to the five- count indictment and was set free on $200,000 bail.
	Connolly and the two, one time informants are named in a five-count indictment accusing them of racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, obstruction of justice and conspiracy to obstruct justice.
	Connolly and the two informants also are collectively accused of conspiracy and extortion in the illegal takeover of a South Boston liquor store.

Arthur St. Clair (7170 words)
	Arthur St. Clair was born in Thurso, Scotland on March 23, 1734 and died in Greensburg, Pennsylvania on August 31, 1818.
	Arthur St. Clair, then a magistrate of Westmoreland County was appalled by this action.
	Arthur St. Clair, who was appointed colonel of one of the Pennsylvania regiments, received his recruiting orders on the 10th of January.

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