Roosevelt raised everyone's spirits by his robust response on learning that his opponent was to be Lindbergh rather than a senator of the stature of Taft or a prosecutor as aggressive as Dewey or a bigtime lawyer as smooth and handsome as Willkie.
He is himself a graduate of Taft, where he played football and served as student body president.
In 1952, Eisenhower was backed by Dewey, but specifically because he was a Republican the Taft folks would accept.
Elie is currently serving a five-month prison sentence in a federal jail in Taft, Calif.
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Robert Taft, a Republican who constantly warned about the dangers of presidential power to America's liberties.
The prosecution allege the gang targeted workers linked to Jason Sherratt, who ran the Algmet recycling plant in Cheadle, because of a dispute with Jason Taft over money.
The Senate boss, Finance Committee Chairman Nelson Aldrich, together with President William Howard Taft concocted a compromise to stop the income tax bill that the House had passed.
On March 4, 1913, President William Howard Taft signed a bill establishing the United States Department of Labor -- an agency charged with promoting the welfare of American workers and ensuring their efforts are rewarded with fair wages and real protections.
The jury heard Jason Sherratt, who ran the Algmet recycling plant in Cheadle, had a long-running dispute with Mr Taft.
Three and a half years had passed since the Taft-Aldrich compromise supposedly relegated the income tax to the dust bin.
But others, like John Bellinger, the current State Department legal adviser, and his predecessor, William Taft, have long urged a more measured approach.
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If President Obama is serious about protecting critical infrastructure, fostering a climate that is conducive to international trade and investment, and cultivating the conditions for economic growth, he should invoke the powers afforded him under the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 to bar a strike by the longshoremen.
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"Bush was a huge draw, " said Brian Hicks, who ran Taft's campaign.
Tia Savea, who lives across the street from Taft's science building, said she saw a youth, about 15 or 16 years of age, walk by her window with a gun shortly before the shooting.
Agence France-Presse, which described Taft as "assistant secretary for population, refugees and migration administration" in the U.S. State Department, quoted a U.S. Embassy spokesman in Delhi who also said Taft's visit had nothing to do with the Karmapa.
The Taft wing ultimately will not support anyone fully who is not a Westerner with Western bona fides.
The Taft shooting is the latest incident of gun violence that launched a fiery national debate over whether teachers should be armed.
In 1910, Taft appointed Hughes to the Supreme Court, where, as a champion of civil liberties, he often joined with Holmes in dissent.
The next year, Taft began lobbying Congress for funds to erect for the Supreme Court a building of its own.
He was the first president to golf while in office, but despite the energy of a 350-pound build and potential to hit the long ball, William Howard Taft was one of the worst presidential golfers.
At heart, he is a New York lawyer, but he had the Western bona fides to sell himself as Taft-true.
The governor, Bob Taft, was indicted for bribery, and the state party was caught up in a bizarre investment scam involving precious coins.
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W. Bush was an Eastern elite and much more Dewey than Taft, but he had long-time legit roots in Texas and ran as a Texan.
He served on the boards of several companies, including Marathon Oil, Learjet, Cinergy, Taft Broadcasting, United Airlines, Eaton Corporation, AIL Systems, Thiokol, and Space Industries International, a company that I co-founded.
Of course, the BMI is a thoroughly flawed way of measuring how overweight or obese someone is, though I think we can all agree that Taft, despite his skills on the dance floor, fit that particular bill.
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