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Hoover: Vacuum cleaner: Hoover Company: Widely used as a noun and verb. [112] De facto loss of trademark in the UK. [127] Hula hoop: Toy hoop Wham-O [128] Indomie: Instant noodle: Indofood: Common in Indonesia and Nigeria as a genericized mark for any instant noodle. Jacuzzi: Hot tub or whirlpool bath Jacuzzi [129] Jandals: Flip-flops: ACTSTA
Hoover index, Edgar Malone Hoover's inequality measure; Lockheed S-3 Viking, nicknamed Hoover; Operation Hoover; Hoover Institution, a public-policy think tank at Stanford University founded by Herbert Hoover, later US president; Hoover League, created by the Republican Party to campaign for the re-election of U.S. president Herbert Hoover
The percentage of modern English words derived from each language group: Anglo-Norman French, then French: ~29% Latin, including words used only in scientific, medical or legal contexts: ~29%
Hoover argued that it was the American system of liberty that allowed an individual to advance. Orphaned at an early age, Hoover just as Lincoln had done, had advanced in life on his own initiative.
This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English language.. Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. [1] Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j.
Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was the 31st president of the United States, serving from 1929 to 1933.A wealthy mining engineer before his presidency, Hoover led the wartime Commission for Relief in Belgium and was the director of the U.S. Food Administration, followed by post-war relief of Europe.
Hoover and Senator Carter Glass, another gold standard proponent, recognized that they needed to stop deflation by encouraging lending. Hoover was instrumental in passing the Glass–Steagall Act of 1932, which allowed for prime rediscounting at the Federal Reserve, in turn allowing further inflation of credit and bank reserves. [74]
With the impetus of the Hoover Commission, the Reorganization Act of 1949, (Public Law 109, 81st Cong., 1st sess.) was approved by Congress on June 20, 1949. [3] President Truman made a special message to Congress upon signing the act, [ 4 ] with eight reorganization plans submitted in 1949, 27 in 1950, and one each in 1951 and 1952.