Word: manly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...explained the well-mannered young man, "I don't want to see President Hoover, but Ike Hoover...
Head Usher Irwin Hood Hoover of the White House warmly greeted the young man whom he well remembered as Archie Roosevelt...
...freshman year, Miss Henry was discussing rock specimens with Prof. Branner in his laboratory. A stocky, serious-looking young man came in. He was a senior. Prof. Branner introduced him and said: "Miss Henry thinks this rock belongs to the precarboniferous age. What do you think. Hoover?" Hoover didn't think so. While he was explaining why, Prof. Branner was called away. Miss Henry and Senior Hoover kept on discussing rocks. He could tell her a good deal about geology. She repaid him by helping with his English when it threatened to flunk him and prevent his graduation...
...Kalgoorlie, Australia, she read Kipling's Just-So Stories?"Old Man Kangaroo" and "Yellow Dog Dingo"?to her two sons. For years Kipling was their favorite and many a long trip was eased by repetitions of the doings of the 'Stute Fish, the Elephant's Child, and Mr. One-Two-Three- Where's-My-Breakfast...
...another rich man, Elverton R. Chapman, had been placed in the same jail for a similar offense. Convict Chap man had a two-cell suite, Persian carpets, special furniture, meals from outside. Maj. William L. Peake, Superintendent of the Washington jail, said Sinclair would be allowed no such luxuries. Declared Jailer Peake...