Word: sentient
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...mind, while still definitely solemn, had been improved by the tranquillity of his surroundings, his gardens, the view from his window of the quiet Coast Range and placid San Francisco Bay. But Herbert Hoover had not returned to Palo Alto to dodder his days away. Like many another sentient Californian, he had felt the restrictions of the Golden State's isolation, and to keep in touch with the rest of the nation he had evolved a comprehensive, businesslike system which now keeps two stenographers and a pair of secretaries busy. Mrs. Dare Starck McMullin, an old friend...