Word: beavers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...aright, will enable you to add further to the beauty of this city and the comfort of its people." ¶ The welcoming ceremony, delayed a week because of Mrs. Hoover's father's death (TIME, July 30), was by no means the most exacting part of the Beaver Man's week. Rising early on San Juan Hill and staying up late, he worked and reworked, in longhand, his speech accepting the nomination. He conferred constantly with visiting politicos and friends -Senator Johnson of California and his manager, Charles L. Neumiller; Attorney-General Ottinger of New York...
Hoover headquarters lacked specific knowledge of what outstanding German-American individuals or families-such as the Busches, Pabsts, Ehrets, Vogels-favored the Beaver Man. There were several reasons to suppose that 95% was an extravagant figure to quote in this question. President Hans A. Koenig of the Milwaukee Steuben Society said: "Nothing could be more ridiculous than such statements. The sentiment of the German-Americans of Wisconsin is overwhelmingly for Governor Smith...
HERBERT HOOVER: A REMINISCENT BIOGRAPHY-Will Irwin-Century ($3). Mr. Irwin, a college mate of the Beaver Man, inclines to glorify but introduces enough facts to clarify...
Thinly disguised under the synonym Ottercove, Lord Newspaper-Magnate Beaverbrook appears in Gerhardi's new book, avowedly "pure and unmixed, except for the obvious extravaganza." But Beaver-brook's life has been so rich in extravaganza that the fictitious is not always obvious. Ottercove rides in a Winged Chariot, a comfortable limousine that darts down London streets or rises quietly into the air far above traffic and turmoil. He promises Protegé Dickon (Gerhardi himself in disguise) his greatest evening paper as wedding present, but reneges. He begets a son of Eva, whom he marries...
Certain-teed Products Corp. (building materials), and Beaver Board...