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Word: impressedâ (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1929-1929
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...invite Mr. Burraker to visit him. Last month freckled, tatter- demalion, 14-year-old Ray (William McKinley) Burraker tiptoed into the camp carrying a pet opossum to his President. As a special treat, the President introduced his benefactor to a tall curly-haired man. Ray was not impressed???he had never heard of Col. Charles Augustus Lindbergh. Last week Pa Burraker and President Hoover settled down in a couple of chairs under the trees. The President said that he "and his friends" would contribute $1,200 to build a schoolhouse where Ray, and 19 other children of five families living...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Hoover Week: Sep. 16, 1929 | 9/16/1929 | See Source »

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