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Word: fishworm (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Monitor crew. He trod the White House beat while Warren G. Harding entertained Nan Britton in a coat closet, and when tight-lipped Calvin Coolidge gravely turned over a ceremonial spade of earth one Arbor Day and, asked to say a few words, pronounced: "That's a fine fishworm." He called Franklin D. Roosevelt "the greatest President of my time," respected Dwight Eisenhower, was dazzled by John F. Kennedy and never did like Richard Nixon. "If you live long enough, people confuse ability with longevity," says Strout. "I'm just an analytical writer with some color...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: TRB at 80 | 3/27/1978 | See Source »

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