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  2. Franklin P. Adams - Wikipedia

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    Franklin Pierce Adams (November 15, 1881 – March 23, 1960) was an American columnist known as Franklin P. Adams and by his initials F.P.A. Famed for his wit, he is best known for his newspaper column, "The Conning Tower", and his appearances as a regular panelist on radio's Information Please.

  3. Baseball's Sad Lexicon - Wikipedia

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    "Baseball's Sad Lexicon," also known as "Tinker to Evers to Chance" after its refrain, is a 1910 baseball poem by Franklin Pierce Adams. The eight-line poem is presented as a single, rueful stanza from the point of view of a New York Giants fan watching the Chicago Cubs infield of shortstop Joe Tinker, second baseman Johnny Evers, and first baseman Frank Chance complete a double play.

  4. Historical rankings of presidents of the United States ...

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    The results of all four C-SPAN surveys have been fairly consistent. Abraham Lincoln has taken the highest ranking in each survey and George Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Theodore Roosevelt have always ranked in the top five while James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, and Franklin Pierce have been ranked at the bottom of all four surveys.

  5. Franklin Pierce Adams - Wikipedia

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  6. No good deed goes unpunished - Wikipedia

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    A satirical poem by Franklin Pierce Adams with the title "No Good Deed Goes Unpunished (So Shines a Good Deed in a Naughty World)" also exists. [ 5 ] In 2005, author David Helvarg introduced the concept that the punishment may be a form of retaliation , in a piece he wrote for Grist Magazine , "Remember that sign they hung up in an EPA office ...

  7. List of nicknames of presidents of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The American Cincinnatus: [1] Like the famous Roman, he won a war, then became a private citizen instead of seeking power or riches as a reward. He became the first president general of the Society of the Cincinnati, formed by Revolutionary War officers who also "declined offers of power and position to return to his home and plough".

  8. Helene Mullins - Wikipedia

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    Helene Mullins, portrait from the early 1920s. Helene Mullins (July 12, 1899 - October 26, 1991) was an American poet whose work appeared frequently in magazines and newspapers across the United States during the 1920s and 1930s.

  9. Franklin Pierce - Wikipedia

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    Franklin Pierce (November 23, 1804 – October 8, 1869) was the 14th president of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857.A northern Democrat who believed that the abolitionist movement was a fundamental threat to the nation's unity, he alienated anti-slavery groups by signing the Kansas–Nebraska Act and enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act.