Word: garner
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JOHN NANCE GARNER, who may have made less of an impact on American politics than any high ranking U.S. official in the twentieth century, is best remembered for his comment that the vice presidency--a post he held anonymously under FDR--"isn't worth a pitcher of warm spit." Walter Mondale, conscious of Garner's feelings, insisted in 1976 that Jimmy Carter let him be an "activist" vice president. "Activist" meant he didn't want to be treated like another former vice president and Mondale's political mentor, Hubert Humphrey, who found his way into the Oval Office as often...
With the winning trend already established for the a afternoon, sophomore Abby Meiselman added insult to injury by trouncing Allison Ettinger in two solid sets. Meiselman controlled the action throughout the match, and maintained composure despite some mid-match errors to garner a 6-2, 6-4 victory...
...remainder of the singles action sealed the Crimson defeat as the netwomen were unable to notch another victory. Fourth-slotter Abby Meiselman fought back from a first set loss to garner a 6-0 second-set win, but she was unable to continue the trend as she fell in the third set forth a 6-4, 0-6, 6-0 match defeat...
...member Appropriations panel, which was entertained by Carter in an attempt to garner support for his proposal, will probably either allocate enough money to upgrade SSS facilities for registration (about $4.7 million) or enough to register only men (about $13.3 million...
Sophomore Kim Johnson tossed the weight more than 43 ft. to garner seventh in the shot put. Northeastern's Sandy Burke won that event with a chuck...