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Roosevelt

, Franklin Delano 1882-1945.
The 32nd president of the United States (1933-1945). Governor of New York (1929-1933), he ran for president with the promise of a New Deal for the American people. His administration was marked by relief programs, measures to increase employment and assist industrial and agricultural recovery from the Depression, and World War II. He was the only US president to be reelected three times (1936, 1940, and 1944). He died in office.

Roosevelt

, Rio
A river, about 645 km (400 mi) long, of northwestern Brazil. Formerly known as the River of Doubt, it was renamed in honor of Theodore Roosevelt, who explored it in 1913.

Roosevelt

, Theodore 1858-1919.
The 26th president of the United States (1901-1909). Leader of the Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War, he served as governor of New York (1899-1901) and US vice president (1901) under William McKinley. On McKinley's assassination (September 1901), he assumed the presidency. Roosevelt's administration was marked by the regulation of trusts, the building of the Panama Canal, and a foreign policy based on the motto "Speak softly and carry a big stick." He won the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize for his mediation in the Russo-Japanese War.
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Roosevelt

(ˈrəʊzəˌvɛlt)
n
1. (Biography) (Anna) Eleanor. 1884–1962, US writer, diplomat, and advocate of liberal causes: delegate to the United Nations (1945–52)
2. (Biography) 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
3. (Biography) 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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Roo•se•velt

(ˈroʊ zəˌvɛlt, -vəlt, ˈroʊz-; spelling pron. ˈru-)

n.
1. (Anna) Eleanor, 1884–1962, U.S. diplomat and author (wife of Franklin Delano Roosevelt).
2. Franklin Delano ( “FDR” ), 1882–1945, 32nd president of the U.S. 1933–45.
3. Theodore (Teddy, “T.R.” ), 1858–1919, 26th president of the U.S. 1901–09: Nobel peace prize 1906.
4. Rio, a river flowing N from W Brazil to the Madeira River. ab. 400 mi. (645 km) long.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.Roosevelt - 32nd President of the United StatesRoosevelt - 32nd President of the United States; elected four times; instituted New Deal to counter the Great Depression and led country during World War II (1882-1945)
F. D. Roosevelt, FDR, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, President Franklin Roosevelt, President Roosevelt
2.Roosevelt - wife of Franklin Roosevelt and a strong advocate of human rights (1884-1962)Roosevelt - wife of Franklin Roosevelt and a strong advocate of human rights (1884-1962)
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt
3.Roosevelt - 26th President of the United StatesRoosevelt - 26th President of the United States; hero of the Spanish-American War; Panama Canal was built during his administration; "Theodore Roosevelt said `Speak softly but carry a big stick'" (1858-1919)
President Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, President Roosevelt
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They discovered her proximity, dropped back until she was nearly broadside on to the former battleship, and signalled up the Theodore Roosevelt and the little Monitor.
The American fleet, headed by the Theodore Roosevelt, was crossing behind them, pounding them in succession, steaming in between them and the big modern Furst Bismarck, which was coming up from the west.
She hovered high, over the Theodore Roosevelt, keeping pace with the full speed of that ship.
The Theodore Roosevelt let fly at once with the big guns in her forward barbette, but the shells burst far below the Vogel-stern, and forthwith a dozen single-man drachenflieger were swooping down to make their attack.
He saw little men on the deck of the Theodore Roosevelt below, men foreshortened in plan into mere heads and feet, running out preparing to shoot at the others.
And then for an instant Bert perceived only too clearly in the growing, pitiless light a number of minute, convulsively active animalcula scorched and struggling in the Theodore Roosevelt's foaming wake.
The American ironclads were no longer in column formation; the Theodore Roosevelt, badly damaged, had turned to the southeast, and the Andrew Jackson, greatly battered but uninjured in any fighting part was passing between her and the still fresh and vigorous Furst Bismarck to intercept and meet the latter's fire.
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Let us resolve to make our government a place for what Franklin Roosevelt called "bold, persistent experimentation, a government for our tomorrows, not our yesterdays." Let us give this capitol back to the people to whom it belongs.
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To Roosevelt the telephone was mainly for emergencies.
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Archer, as he looked back, was not sure that men like himself WERE what his country needed, at least in the active service to which Theodore Roosevelt had pointed; in fact, there was reason to think it did not, for after a year in the State Assembly he had not been re-elected, and had dropped back thankfully into obscure if useful municipal work, and from that again to the writing of occasional articles in one of the reforming weeklies that were trying to shake the country out of its apathy.
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It is on record that Theodore Roosevelt, at that time President of the United States, said in 1905 A.D., in his address at Harvard Commencement: "We all know that, as things actually are, many of the most influential and most highly remunerated members of the Bar in every centre of wealth, make it their special task to work out bold and ingenious schemes by which their wealthy clients, individual or corporate, can evade the laws which were made to regulate, in the interests of the public, the uses of great wealth."
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Men like the Wilcoxes, or President Roosevelt, would say yes.
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