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Word: adoo (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Congratulations from their backers, who included air-conscious William Gibbs Mc-Adoo, Wilsonian Secretary of the Treasury, owner of the airport and the Angeleno...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: 246 Hours | 7/22/1929 | See Source »

...last licking of a mighty Mc-Adoo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: View with Alarm: Sep. 29, 1924 | 9/29/1924 | See Source »

...Johnson's most justly famous speech on the floor of the Senate was the one in which he pronounced Mc-Adoo "Micky Doo." The sole disturbance caused by him was an attack on the press gallery for alleged misrepresentation of his grammar and accent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Enemies of Magnus | 4/28/1924 | See Source »

...Barrett, vigilant patriot of Los Angeles, wrote to William G. McAdoo about it. He received a reply stating that the 1917 Series is printed from the identical designs and engraved plates adopted by Salmon P. Chase, Secretary of the Treasury under Abraham Lincoln. Mr. Mc-Adoo added...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Jaw-bone of an Ass | 2/4/1924 | See Source »

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