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Ickes

American  
[ik-eez] / ˈɪk iz /

noun

  1. Harold (Le Claire) 1874–1952, U.S. lawyer and statesman.


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“I mean, we weren’t thinking about the country,” Harold Ickes, who worked for Kennedy, admitted in an interview.

From Slate • Oct. 3, 2022

“The long-run impact may be more significant than the short-run impact,” said Barry Ickes, head of the economics department at Pennsylvania State University, who specializes in the Russian economy.

From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2022

Ickes and Labor Secretary Frances Perkins were the only Cabinet members to serve throughout FDR’s entire 12 years in the White House.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2021

His reach extended so far that Harold M. Ickes, President Bill Clinton’s deputy chief of staff, once joked that Mr. Johnson was “the chairman of the universe.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2020

“I don’t care if she sings from the top of the Washington Monument,” the president told Ickes, “as long as she sings.”

From "The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights" by Russell Freedman

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