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Word: uneconomicalâ (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1926-1926
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...must cut out "handshaking" His patient obeyed. Swiftly the word went forth that the President loves handshaking, that he would like to shake all the millions of hands in the U. S. But the fact remained that he quit?at least temporarily. It was estimated that by avoiding this uneconomical???and, according to Dr. Coupal, health-endangering ?performance during the weeks before and after Easter, the President was saved 30,000 shakes. ¶ In a talk to a luncheon club Dr. Coupal advanced the theory that everyone should exercise three times a day to the point of being breathless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The White House Week: Apr. 12, 1926 | 4/12/1926 | See Source »

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