Word: hooverian
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...awful fix," Speechwriter Rosenman told the would-be President. Roosevelt assigned Rosenman to recruit the idea men who were to become known as the Brains Trust, notably Columbia Professors Raymond Moley, Rexford Guy Tugwell and Adolf A. Berle. But the Democratic platform of 1932 committed Roosevelt to Hooverian solutions: a balanced budget and a 25% cut in Government spending...