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Word: eyesight (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...four years, Bob Taft grubbed earnestly in the old city firm of Maxwell & Ramsey. In 1917, he twice tried to enlist for officers' training, was twice rejected (eyesight). He met Herbert Hoover, became assistant counsel of the U. S. Food Administration, finally went abroad with Mr. Hoover's American Relief Administration. For his relief work in Europe he got Polish, Belgian, Finnish decorations, which he never wears...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGN: Up from Plenty | 1/29/1940 | See Source »

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