Word: deweyism
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...ROOSEvElT 7, dEWEy...
...TRUmaN 4, dEWEy...
...speed. At 18, with $2, two pairs of pants, and two sandwiches in a brown paper bag, he took his first train ride and joined the Indianapolis Clowns, a barnstorming black team. He played shortstop for $200 a month. Looking Aaron over one month later, Braves Scout Dewey Griggs was startled to find that he was batting cross-handed, a handicap that every schoolboy learns to avoid. The scout advised Aaron to switch to the standard grip, then watched as Henry collected seven hits, including two home runs, in nine times...
Once nominated, Franklin Roosevelt was as hard to defeat as his cousin Teddy had been. Between 1932 and 1944 FDR, with his 7 letters, over-whelmed Hoover, Landon (3), Willkie (5), and Dewey (3). In 1948 Dewey lost again, this time to Truman...
...Dewey Hickman won the 120 high hurdles in a sluggish 15.2 time, and Mike Horner took the 220. The Harvard-Yale 440-yard relay closed out the Crimson-Eli scoring with a 55.0 second triumph...