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Hoover

[hoo-ver] / ˈhu vər /
NOUN
vacuum cleaner
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Proponents promise $100 billion in revenue, but Hoover Institution economists estimate closer to $30 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

The root of the conflict is the Colorado River Compact, negotiated in 1922 among the seven states of the Colorado watershed under the supervision of the then-Secretary of Commerce, Herbert Hoover.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Absent that guarantee, Hoover Dam could not have been built.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

The Hoover economists estimate that the state’s billionaires pay between $3.3 billion and $5.8 billion annually in state income tax.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

When Hoover became the bureau’s acting director, he created the Identification Division, a central repository for the fingerprints of arrested criminals from around the country.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann


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