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Word: tree (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1940
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Then he pressed a buzzer-the one that goes off like a small bomb under Steve Early's desk. Down the colonnade that is called the President's Walk, past the swimming pool and up the elevator, there awaited him a highball, a Christmas tree shiny with colored balls and tinsel, two soap-smelling, be-diapered grandsons-warmth and relief from the crushing responsibility, the solemn loneliness that is a U. S. President's when he has to make a momentous decision...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: It Shall Come to Pass | 1/1/1940 | See Source »

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