Word: roosevelt
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According to Cigar Aficionado, nearly half of all U.S. Presidents smoked. Ulysses S. Grant never shook the cigar habit he picked up during the Civil War. William McKinley had a similar love of stogies, but like Obama, he never allowed himself to be photographed in the act. Theodore Roosevelt barred his daughter Alice from smoking in the White House, so she took her habit to the roof. Calvin Coolidge was known to offer cigars to Congressmen after White House breakfasts...
...Obama’s administration, but on his family—what school would his two daughters, Sasha and Malia, attend? This time, the prompt answer was a disappointment: The Obama daughters will attend the $29,442-per-year Sidwell Friends School, alma mater of presidential progeny from Archie Roosevelt to Chelsea Clinton...
...Richard Nixon, no less than David Frost, was a TV personality. Every U.S. president from John Kennedy on has had to be one: the nation's talk-show host, defining its agenda and character. (Franklin D. Roosevelt created the same niche on radio with his Fireside Chats.) TV stardom is a matter of connecting with the masses by peddling an agreeable personality. That's a challenge for which the brainy, devious Nixon was ill-suited...
...informed people acknowledge that the financial mess began not with Republican deregulation but with liberal social engineering - exploited by Wall Street, to be sure, and unchecked by either party. A Republican House helped pass the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the most sweeping regulatory bill since the time of Franklin D. Roosevelt. If liberals rule unconstrained, we won't recognize our country in 30 years. Lori Zimmerman, RED BANK...
...financial mess began not with Republican deregulation but with social engineering by Democrats. It was exploited by Wall Street, to be sure, and the results went unchecked by Congress. A Republican House helped pass the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the most sweeping regulatory bill since the time of Franklin D. Roosevelt. If Democrats rule unconstrained, we won't recognize our country in 30 years. Lori Zimmerman, Red Bank, New Jersey...