hoover

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I feel fortunate to have what I have ... many of my friends and family don't have because of hoover, timken, and losing the steel mills ... and these people are whining about potentially having a drop in income to half of what they currently have which is 3-4x what I have.

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  1. a kind of vacuum cleaner.
  2. to clean with a vacuum cleaner.

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  1. a kind of vacuum cleaner
  2. 31st President of the United States; in 1929 the stock market crashed and the economy collapsed and Hoover was defeated for reelection by Franklin Roosevelt (1874-1964)
  3. United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972)
  4. United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932)
  5. clean with a vacuum cleaner

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  • BELTZHOOVER: Greater Beltz-hoover Inter-agency Network presents its ninth annual "Meet the Principals" family event from 6 to 7: 15 p.m. at Upper McKinley Park Recreation Center, 900 Delmont Ave. —  post-gazette.com - News
  • I will buy a hoover, at least I will not be lied to again.
  • (In much the same way as Hoover later used to complain whenever anyone used the word 'hoover' to describe any old vacuum cleaner as opposed to one of their specific products.) —  Everything2 New Writeups
  • BTW gm hoover, last I checked the national retail sales tax rate under your "Fair Tax" was a whoppin '23\%.
  • Diplo parties up the original track with some added vocals and hoover-ish synths. —  WordPress.com News
 

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