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Word: stagers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...same for Mr. Stimson (with a bandage made from the cover of a chair in Independence Hall, sanitized with a sheet of Kleenex). Secretary Stimson gingerly put his left hand in the jar, took the first capsule he touched, handed it to Mr. Roosevelt. The President, old stager that he was, glanced at the newsreel and radio men, got their nod before he intoned: "The first number is one-five-eight." Registration serial number 158, held by some 6.175 registrants throughout the U. S.. thus became Draft Order...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE DRAFT: Only the Strong | 11/11/1940 | See Source »

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