FDR
Americanabbreviation
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Words to be inscribed alongside those of FDR and Churchill, no doubt.
From Salon ● May 24, 2026
FDR felt compelled to dramatically reconfigure our economic norms at the time to pull us out of the Great Depression.
From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026
Frustrated by his programs being ruled unconstitutional, FDR threatened to “pack” the Supreme Court by adding justices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
“They created a new despotism and wrapped it in the robes of legal sanction,” FDR said when accepting the presidential nomination for the second time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2025
The missive was duly placed in the hands of Alexander Sachs, a Russian-born economist with a scientific background and, more to the point, access to the White House inner circle as an advisor to FDR.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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