Woodrow
Americannoun
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The old guard held that the universe was eternal and unchanging, but in 1965 Arno Penzias and Robert Woodrow Wilson discovered the faint background radiation left over from the cosmos’ earliest moments.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
The proponents of this new set of first principles, most prominently among them the 28th president, Woodrow Wilson, called it progressivism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Past US presidents, including George Washington, John F Kennedy and Woodrow Wilson, may have had dyslexia, according to some researchers.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026
After World War I, Woodrow Wilson barnstormed the country to gin up support for a treaty that would have seen the U.S. join the League of Nations.
From Slate • Mar. 10, 2026
In the first weeks of the demonstrations, Woodrow Wilson actually nodded and tipped his hat to the women as his chauffeur drove him through the White House gates on his way to play golf.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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