Word: wille
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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And Jimmy Hoffa, somewhere. And Jimmy Durante, as the world knows. But could a U.S. President actually call himself Jimmy and get away with it? As it turned out, the answer was no. By calling himself an adoring diminutive, Mr. Carter preempted any possible public urge to do the same...
On the whole, however, people will fight through a for bidding given name, especially when they want to make some one more vivid hi their minds. Where would baseball be without Goose, hockey without Boom Boom, football without Mean Joe? Common criminals would sound like common criminals were there no...
Unfortunately, none of this offers much of a guide toward what to call soon-to-be President Reagan. Neither does America's own history, which is packed with presidential sobriquets equally various and baffling. George Washington was known not only as the Father of His Country, but also as...
A good many former Presidents were known as "The" some thing- "The Napoleon of the Stump" (Polk); "The Sage of Wheatland" (Buchanan); "The Squire of Hyde Park." Perhaps Mr. Reagan will come to be known as "The Squire of Rancho del Cielo," or "The Gipper," in reference to his second...
For now let it be noted that presidential nicknames have dwindled in our century, from "The Hero of San Juan Hill," who sported 17, to "Tricky Dick," who needed but one. Either we are growing less fond of our leaders, or they are growing further away from us. In any...