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  2. Attempted assassination of Theodore Roosevelt - Wikipedia

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    X-Ray of Schrank's bullet in Roosevelt's chest Bullet lodged in Theodore Roosevelt's side The .38-caliber Colt Police Positive Special revolver that Schrank used to shoot Roosevelt. Schrank did shoot Roosevelt, but the bullet lodged in Roosevelt's chest only after hitting both his steel eyeglass case and a 50-page copy of his speech titled ...

  3. Bully pulpit - Wikipedia

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    A "bully pulpit" is a conspicuous position that provides an opportunity to speak out and be listened to. This term was coined by United States President Theodore Roosevelt , who referred to his office as a "bully pulpit", by which he meant a terrific platform from which to advocate an agenda.

  4. Theodore Roosevelt - Wikipedia

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    Theodore Roosevelt Jr. [b] (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), also known as Teddy or T. R., was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909.. Roosevelt previously was involved in New York politics, including serving as the state's 33rd governor for two y

  5. Russian spelling alphabet - Wikipedia

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    The Russian spelling alphabet at right (PDF) The Russian spelling alphabet is a spelling alphabet (or "phonetic alphabet") for Russian, i.e. a set of names given to the alphabet letters for the purpose of unambiguous verbal spelling. It is used primarily by the Russian army, navy and the police.

  6. Criticism of Franklin D. Roosevelt - Wikipedia

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    Roosevelt nominated Hugo Black to the Supreme Court, despite the fact that Black was an active member of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s. The nomination of Black was controversial because he was an ardent New Dealer with almost no judicial experience. [60] Roosevelt and the members of the Senate did not know of Black's previous KKK membership ...

  7. Russian alphabet - Wikipedia

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    The Cyrillic alphabet and Russian spelling generally employ fewer diacritics than those used in other European languages written with the Latin alphabet. The only diacritic, in the proper sense, is the acute accent ́ (Russian: знак ударения 'mark of stress'), which marks stress on a vowel, as it is done in Spanish and Greek.

  8. Big stick ideology - Wikipedia

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    As practiced by Roosevelt, big stick diplomacy had five components. First, it was essential to possess serious military capability that would force the adversary to pay close attention. At the time that meant a world-class navy; Roosevelt never had a large army at his disposal until the 1900s.

  9. Help:IPA/Russian - Wikipedia

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    It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Russian in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them. Integrity must be maintained between the key and the transcriptions that link here; do not change any symbol or value without establishing consensus on the talk page first.