Word: hooverness
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...Edgar Hoover has stated in unequivocal language that for every card carrier there are ten non-formal members or supporters who do the party work and who are often more effective and more dangerous because they are tolerated and even welcomed where known members would be barred...
What to do? First, the Federal Government must put its chaotic medical house in order by adopting the consolidation plans of the commission headed by ex-President Hoover (which ex-President Truman also supported). At the same time, voluntary agencies seeking to improve the nation's health must organize effectively in a nationwide council. Dr. Means makes these recommendations...
...Other Presidents have shown widely varying recreational' tastes. Lincoln, Wilson and Truman were walkers. Coolidge pitched hay, golfed and rode a mechanical horse that became something of a national joke. Hoover fished and tossed medicine balls with members of the Cabinet and the Supreme Court. Franklin Roosevelt and John Quincy Adams swam for their health. George Washington preferred riding. Jefferson detested all exercise, relaxed with his violin. Theodore Roosevelt, the most active President, was an enthusiastic wrestler, jujitsu expert, big-game hunter, tennist, horseman and boxer. One of his favorite forms of exercise was point-to-point hiking, which...
...eight-yard run by Lowenstein started the afternoon's scoring at 13:46 of the first quarter. Only sloppy ball prevented the Crimson from tallying earlier against the hapless Wildcats. Then, eight minutes later, Lowenstein picked out Dexter Lewis with the same sharp eye that he employs on "Hoover Specials" for a 63-yard scoring play, 29 of it through...