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Word: hoover (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...well-known, young liberal from New York; the occasion, an election to the Party Executive Committee. Supposedly because he attempted a "mercenary alliance with the American Labor Party" the liberal, Kenneth Simpson, was defeated; in his place ex-senator Hastings, a man so conservative as to make Herbert Hoover appear...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A MATTER OF SPOTS | 12/3/1938 | See Source »

Born. To Allan Henry Hoover, 31-year-old California rancher and younger son of Herbert Hoover, and his wife, Margaret Coberly Hoover: a son, their first child, fourth grandchild of the ex-President; in Palo Alto, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Nov. 28, 1938 | 11/28/1938 | See Source »

...final irony of Coolidge's life was that he began to catch up on his times only when he was out of office. Retired to Northampton, turning out his autobiography at $5 a word and a short syndicated column at $3.25 a word, brooding disgustedly over Hoover's shortcomings, watching his gilt-edged investments sink lower & lower, Coolidge at last confessed private doubt that "the business of America is business." "In other periods of depression," he admitted, "it has always been possible to see some things which were solid and upon which you could base hope...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Throwback | 11/28/1938 | See Source »

...Cubberley lives comfortably on his pension and savings from his salary, next door to a well-known Stanford alumnus who also retired from his job in 1933, Herbert Clark Hoover...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Cubberley's Gift | 11/21/1938 | See Source »

...famed "Wigwam," which the Wolfes also share in common- a big wooded tract dotted with rustic lodges, a reception hall, movie theatre, swimming pool. Here Wolfes and their families gather in complete privacy for wholesome fun. Parties at the Wigwam sometimes run to several hundred guests. Herbert Hoover has been there often; so have Alf Landon, Frank Knox, Michigan's Senator Vandenberg...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: New Papers | 11/21/1938 | See Source »

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