Word: hanks
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...impression at the Vatican and earned portrait artist George Pollard a commission to paint a likeness of John Paul II--just one of the 5,000 portraits Pollard created in his lifetime, many of prominent leaders, athletes and entertainers. The unassuming Wisconsin native painted John F. Kennedy, Muhammad Ali, Hank Aaron and Harry S Truman--who quipped upon seeing his portrait, "I think you flattered me just right." Pollard...
...those awkward occasions when he is asked about his nation's currency, President George W. Bush has a simple response. "We believe in a strong-dollar policy," he'll say--or words to that effect. For his Treasury Secretary, Hank Paulson, the mantra is, "A strong dollar is in our nation's interest...
...grew up in the family hardware store—Hank told me that’s why he hired me. He thought I had some customer service experience, so I always got a kick out of that,” said Wigdahl, who was 25 years old when Moses gave him his first job at the University...
...imagine that there was probably a novel within Hank that would have worked its way out,” Wigdahl said. “He had a love for language and communication and a love for what words mean. It was a very E.B. White-esque, concise and clever and funny and rich way of communicating...
...Hank was a terrific headmaster,” Brownstein said. “And it’s a very difficult job, dealing with the range of kids from kindergarten to twelfth grade and being able to relate to all of them. He was a figure in the hallway...