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Word: whittlin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1973-1973
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There was folksy Lyndon, interlarding his speeches with anecdotes that began, "My ole Daddy once told me. . .," or winding up a whistle-stop address with, "Ah wish Ah could stay and do a little sippin' and whittlin' with you. . ." There was Lyndon the manipulator of men, devising byzantine plots so secretive that not even his aides knew what he had in mind. And there was the frugal Lyndon Johnson going around turning off lights in the White House and urging everyone to "tell your friends that you have an independent, taxpaying, light-bill-saving President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LEADERS: Lyndon Johnson: 1908-1973 | 2/5/1973 | See Source »

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