Word: roosevelts
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...took very different approaches. The third- and fourth-graders of the Nueva School in Hillsborough, California, studied American social history in the 1940s by making online contact with people who lived through the period and asking them some sharp and provocative questions. (Example: "How did you feel about Eleanor Roosevelt, and does it compare to what you think of Hillary Clinton...
...citydom. It has a proud heritage that reaches far back. The first ferries, then bridges over the Colorado River at Needles allowed the Golden State of California to become what it is today. General George Patton camped his troops in the Needles valley during World War II. Eleanor Roosevelt stopped and spent the night in Needles on a cross-country bus trip. The Needles economy was booming, with the railroad employing hundreds who enjoyed fine schools, an opera and, yes, even a cathouse on the outskirts of town. And now you kick her while she is down. The county...
...letter currently on display at the Harvard, Archives, President Franklin D. Roosevelt '04 called on Conant to chair the NDRC. Conant used his position at Harvard to marshal University resources for the atomic research effort...
...quietly lined up for their White House tour, hoisted himself over the fence and was immediately and rather quietly handcuffed by officers who hustled him into a guard booth for questioning, believing for the moment that he was just a prankster. Funny? Perhaps in days gone by, when Eleanor Roosevelt could complain sweetly about couples parking on the untended White House drive for a little smooching. But no more...
...world like a junior executive, neatly attired in a crisp, dark suit and starched button-down shirt, dashing, luggage in hand, from taxicab to commercial aircraft. At times, he thumbed through his history book of the moment, Doris Kearns Goodwin's new biography of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. But there was nothing mundane-or junior level-about his encounters. In addition to New Hampshire's Governor, he met with Senator Dan Coats to discuss the Foster nomination and a new bill on school prayer and choice. He then socialized with a collection of the Republican Party's movers and shakers...