Roosevelt

[ roh-zuh-velt, -vuhlt, rohz-velt, -vuhlt; spelling pronunciation roo-zuh-velt ]

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(Anna) Eleanor, 1884–1962, U.S. diplomat, author, and lecturer (wife of Franklin Delano Roosevelt).
Edith Kermit Car·ow, [kar, -oh] 1861–1948, U.S. First Lady 1901–09 (wife of Theodore Roosevelt).
Franklin Del·a·no [del, -, uh, -noh], FDR, 1882–1945, 32nd president of the U.S. 1933–45.
Theodore TeddyT.R., 1858–1919, 26th president of the U.S. 1901–09: Nobel Peace Prize 1906.
Rio Roosevelt, a river flowing north from western Brazil to the Madeira River. About 400 miles (645 km) long. Formerly Rí·o da Du·vi·da [ree, -, oo, d, uh, , doo, -vee-d, uh].

Roosevelt

/ ˈrəʊzəˌvɛlt /

Roosevelt(Anna) Eleanor18841962FUSWRITING: writerPOLITICS: diplomat ( Anna ) Eleanor . 1884–1962, US writer, diplomat, and advocate of liberal causes: delegate to the United Nations (1945–52)
RooseveltFranklin Delano18821945MUSPOLITICS: head of state her husband, Franklin Delano (ˈdɛləˌnəʊ), known as FDR . 1882–1945, 32nd president of the US (1933–45); elected four times. He instituted major reforms (the New Deal ) to counter the economic crisis of the 1930s and was a forceful leader during World War II
RooseveltTheodore18581919MUSPOLITICS: head of state Theodore . 1858–1919, 26th president of the US (1901–09). A proponent of extending military power, he won for the US the right to build the Panama Canal (1903). He won the Nobel peace prize (1906), for mediating in the Russo-Japanese war

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One of the earliest ticker-tape parades was for Teddy Roosevelt when he returned from an African safari in 1910.

So said President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on March 23, 1933, just before he reached for a cold one.

Hilborne Roosevelt of New York, was the first to introduce these adjustable combination movements.

Roosevelt was also the pioneer in using electro-pneumatic action here.

Hilborne Roosevelt constructed a number of beautiful organs in this country, beginning his work about the year 1874.

Roosevelt came, sized up the situation, and made a speech at a big banquet in Nairobi.

Cuban women excel in charm of mannerism and in their eyes Miss Roosevelt appears unpolished and uncut.

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