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Notes Works cited References External links 0-9 S.S. Kresge Lunch Counter and Soda Fountain, about 1920 86 Main article: 86 1. Soda-counter term meaning an item was no longer available 2. "Eighty-six" means to discard, eliminate, or deny service A abe's cabe 1. Five dollar bill 2. See fin, a fiver, half a sawbuck absent treatment Engaging in dance with a cautious partner ab-so-lute-ly ...
The Roosevelt Room is a meeting room in the West Wing of the White House, the home and main workplace of the president of the United States. Located in the center of the wing, near the Oval Office , it is named after two related U.S. presidents, Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt , who contributed to the wing's design.
In 1915, former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt in speaking to the largely Irish Catholic Knights of Columbus at Carnegie Hall on Columbus Day, asserted that, [8] There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ...
Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, Jr. was the 26th President of the United States of America. Not only a politician and statesman, he was also a soldier, conservationist, naturalist, historian and writer.
The cabinet of Barack Obama meeting in November 2009 Plan of the first (ground) floor of the White House; the Cabinet Room is visible at center. Video about the Cabinet Room and the Cabinet The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America, July 4, 1776, circa 1873 by Charles Édouard Armand-Dumaresq, has been on display in the Cabinet Room since the late-1980s.
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