Word: hoovers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...senior research fellow at the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace at Stanford University, Hook is emeritus professor of philosophy at New York University...
Athletic Director Dee Kohlemeier of Hoover High School in Glendale, Calif., holds a minority view: "Girls sports are boring. I can watch a gym class for boys that has better skills than a varsity girls basketball team." Officials at New York's Madison Square Garden disagree. After a 1977 women's college basketball doubleheader drew 12,000 fans?who were treated to Montclair State's Carol Blazejouski's 52-point performance ?Garden planners started to work on a women's tournament and similar bookings. Said one official: "We are in business to make a profit. If it helps women...
...carpet bombing" persisted for several months after the December offensive. However, by May 1973, Drew Middleton of the New York Times concluded that the bombing had, in fact, been almost "surgical" in precision. (The source for this information is Robert F. Turner's "Vietnamese Communism: Its Origins and Development" (Hoover Institution, 1975), which should, be added to your list of recommended reading to dispel the myths contained in the other books--myths perpetuated in your article.) Alvin D. Foran...
Carter is not merely a farmer, but an engineer and businessman of accomplishment. This combined with his strong sense of community reminds me most most of Herbert Hoover−our last farmboy cum millionaire businessman-engineer-president. In such a broader (and truer) perspective, Jimmy Carter may be the ultimate American regional synthesizer...
...Kelley did so, and Adams prospered: within a year, he was named the bureau's third in command, in charge of all FBI investigations. The promotion of Adams created one of Kelley's biggest headaches, forcing him to deny repeatedly that the bureau was being controlled by Hoover's people. The charge was that Mohr still flashed signals to Adams and to Nicholas Callahan, once Mohr's lieutenant and at that time Kelley's top aide...