Word: roosevelts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Democrats need to reach farther back in their history, if they are to remind themselves why they are Democrats, and consider the legacy of the man who created the paradigm in which their party has operated since 1933: Franklin Delano Roosevelt '04. A successful Democratic candidate true to his or her political roots will be a better friend to the poor and oppressed than any of Jackson's ilk. Such a candidate will, like FDR, make a determined and intelligent effort to promote a vigorous American capitalism in which we are all as concerned with making life for ourselves...
Some of the most powerful figures in Washington carry N.R.A. cards, including Speaker of the House Tom Foley. That John F. Kennedy was a member may be ironic but not surprising: so were Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan. Likewise George Bush, though after he announced a ban last year on the importation of military-style semiautomatic weapons, some disgruntled N.R.A. stalwarts launched a wobbly attempt to revoke his membership...
...area of the crash is near Oyster Bay Harbor on the north shore of Long Island, just south of the Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, home of President Theodore Roosevelt. It is a isolated, wooded area of expensive homes...
When tenor saxophonist Lester Young became one of Billie's close friends, he enlongated her moniker to "Lady Day", and she in turn stuck him with the nickname "Pres", after President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Musically, Young and Holiday were kindred spirits, for they both were small on tone but overwhelmed with their expression and musical interpretations. *confusing...
...influence of a Northeastern or a Boston College is much greater," Roosevelt says. "Harvard is a very minor player...