Word: pooled
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...GLORIOUS POOL-Thome Smith- Donbleday, Doran...
...funny, but their votes show that he stood high in popularity among U. S. madcaps. His latest, posthumous japery† is neither better nor worse than his past performances. Readers who found him amusing will chuckle, readers who did not will yawn, as heartily as ever over The Glorious Pool...
...taught plenty of people to swim and play in the water." reminisced Trustee Roosevelt. "I remember one lady patient of large proportions. She could not get her two feet down to the bottom of the pool. I would seize one large knee [Mr. Roosevelt began an elaborate pantomime of his story] and gradually force it down until the foot hit the bottom. 'Have you got it?' I would say. 'Yes.' the lady would reply. Then I would seize the other leg, and try to get it toward the bottom. But no sooner would I let go of the first...
...small touring car in the Warm Springs pool, in the living room of his white cottage, President Roosevelt held hourly conferences on the state of the nation with his aides, advisers, visitors...
...after Mr. Moffett's visit arrived Donald Richberg and Harry Hopkins. They and Braintruster Tugwell, who had been recalled to Warm Springs for a second visit, began their session by swimming with the President in the Warm Springs pool, continued it around the presidential luncheon table. Two days later came Secretaries Ickes and Morgenthau...