Word: states
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...White House last week went Herbert Hoover. President Coolidge led him upstairs to his private office. They talked for 50 minutes. When Mr. Hoover emerged he said: "We talked over general affairs of State. That...
...parade starts down Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol-troops, State Governors, bands, flags, patriots...
...poster mahogany bed, his eyes may travel out over the verdure of the White House park to the massy shaft of the Washington monument, which gleams pink at sunrise. If he goes to his south window and peers to the right, he may also see a corner of the State, War & Navy Building. In his room is the bed that was built for Abraham Lincoln, so huge (6½ ft. by 9 ft.) that four Roosevelt children could be comfortably tucked away in it crosswise...
Downstairs. In the many-colored state apartments are held the great social functions of the Presidency-the 75-place dinners on gold plate, the four crowded receptions with 2,500 officials and ladies invited to each...
...west side of the foyer, in a grove of potted palms, the red-jacketed Marine Band blares martially. Young military aides ply softly up and down, keeping the line of guests moving decorously but swiftly into the State Dining Room, where the faint may refresh themselves with clear ice water from a mahogany sideboard...