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...eels: powdered beef or "gut of a hen, or almost anything, for he is a greedy fish...
...This one came for guinea hen and a good-humored exchange of campaign reminiscences...
...seat in the Texas legislature in 1919, Oveta went with him to Austin, never missed a day's session. A solemn-eyed child of 14, she sat beside her father in the turbulent House of Representatives, picked up the nuances of politics and law like a prairie hen picking up seeds. Ike vacated his seat in 1921 and Oveta returned to the life of a schoolgirl, but after Austin, school was a big bore. She frequently skipped classes at Temple High School, though she managed, nevertheless, to lead her class. One year at Mary Hardin-Baylor College was enough...
...swift promotions of promising men. He set up pensions, medical dispensaries, provided good food in company restaurants at cheap prices. He talked with workers to get their gripes, often made shop addresses to keep them informed. In such talks Crawford likes to call the company "an Ol' Brown Hen," which will keep every body warm if they keep her fat and feathered...
...accepted Eisenhower's offer of full official assistance for the forthcoming Stevenson world trip by getting a morning's briefing at the State Department. Then, in a two-hour meeting, the man who won the presidency and the man who lost it sat down to lunch (guinea hen, wild rice), swapped reminiscences of the campaign, chatted as warmly as old friends. Stevenson was impressed by the hospitality: he was beginning to like Washington, "perhaps too much," he confessed...