Word: hooveria
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...Austrians wanted to express their gratitude," he records. "Their astronomers discovered a new planet and named it Hooveria. That ought to have placed me among the Greek gods, for names of planets had been . . . previously reserved for them. However, some member of a world astronomical committee on nomenclature subsequently protested, and I was put off Olympus."* He dealt on his own terms with Lloyd George ("He was as nimble as the pea in a shell game") and Clemenceau ("He never did understand Mr. Wilson. I don't think he tried to"), and played a bigger role at Versailles than...
...Protests or not, the name actually stuck. Mr. Hoover may be glad to learn that he is still on Olympus-and that Hooveria, usually called an asteroid, still circles in the sky, about midway between Jupiter and Mars...
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