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Show 4 The Daily Utah -- Friday, March 12, 1999 Chronicle Slick Willie' Not the First President To Be Nicknamed. . .Nor the Last f Lawrence L. Knutson The Associated Press WASHINGTON American presidents have attracted and endured nicknames ever since George Washington was called the "Sword of the Revoluii tion," "Father of His Country," the "Sage .. "YOUR COLLEGE EDUCATION MAY BE CLOSER THAN YOU THINK" of Mount Vernon" and, interestingly, "The Old Fox." President Clinton will probably never entirely shed "Slick Willie," a nickname draped on him by an Arkansas newspaper writer years before he reached Washington. But "the Comeback Kid," the title Clinton awarded himself after finishing a surprising second in the 1992 New Hampshire primary, is likely to be equally enduring. It's a title Clinton retains for his two presidential victories, his tiptoeing through the land mines of scandal and his acquittal in a Senate impeachment trial. "Clinton seemed plainly to be relishing the symbolism of the Comeback Kid coming back again," The Washington Post's John Harris observed last month as he described Clinton's swing through New Hampshire. Presidential nicknames have been piling up for two centuries. Five presi With tuition costs and living expenses constantly rising, the price of a college education may seem out of sight The Utah Army National Guard has programs that can bring the cost of a college education into focus. Part-tim- job with great pay and full time e benefits Paid skill training Montgomery GI Bill entitlement of over $7,000 At least $6 - $8HR starting Joining the Army National Guard does not mean putting off college. You can serve in your own community while attending classes. Let your recruiter show you that your education is closer than vou think! U I AM SSWI J Call Todavt V4 I HCAN nmrns dents were called "accidental" or "his accidency," because they gained office either by the death of the president they served as vice president or through other less than usual circumstances. Many presidential nicknames were plainly sarcastic. When John Adams insisted Congress call President Washington "His Highness," some senators, snickering behind their hands, dubbed Adams "His Rotundity" William Henry Harrison was a "Log Cabin candidate" before Abraham Lincoln but was also widely known as "Tippecanoe," after his 1811 victory on a battlefield of the Indian Wars. Theodore Roosevelt will always be a "Rough Rider," even though his cavalry regiment had no horses with them when they captured San Juan Hill. The president detested "Teddy," even though he had been called "Teedy" as a boy. many nickname Lincoln survived salvos: tyrant, dictator, destroyer of lib- erty, "Black Republican," "the Illinois Baboon," "the Original Gorilla." The "railsplitter's" defenders, of course, could fire back with "Honest Abe," "Father Abraham" and "The Great Emancipator." Lincoln's secretaries had their own nicknames for the comman der in chief 'The Ancient" and "The Tycooa" In the 20th century, Americans remember Franklin Roosevelt, the first of the alphabet presidents, as plain old FDR. To those who could not bear to speak his name, Roosevelt was "that man in the White House." Dwight Eisenhower was "Ike" and President Truman was "Give 'em Hell Harry." Gerald R. Ford was just "Jerry" F. Kennedy was "Jack" or "JFK." But Jimmy Carter became the first president to insist on using the diminutive form of his name at all times. He was "Jimmy" from back-lo- t barbecues to state dinners. "Slick Willie" by the way, has a somewhat shaky precedent. One of the more obscure nicknames thrown at William McKinley, the century's first president, was "Wobbly Willie." In more recent times, Lyndon Johnson branded himself and everything near him LBJ. He was dubbed "Landslide Lyndon" for the thin and contested margin by which he won his first Senate seat. Richard Nixon endured "Tricky Dick" for much of his political career. Ronald Reagan, "Dutch" to his oldest friends, fared better as "the Great and John CD zmnzzzzz aw 11 1; 1 ,) c 1 w w a 1 a 1 1 1 1 1 r l 3 7pm r 55C'' yv Oi liLL DELIVERY7 S JjmtsJmSSSSSS inn k 9pm rnr if ti in 4r' rrrrTB w i The Usual Suspects r.m KUAIFRENCH DIP .THtPIPtLINtK;, HOT Yl 331799 fA GRILLED Expires A. "A PAY ( nolmlldiDth any othar cotton oBar I UJN1U1N mitllfi GRAND PCNINGl.47o s. 700 E. (by trolley w m square) gfffmmTrgogjc ilmimmiBmimmri :- -: - - 1 - - if KENNETH COPE IN CONCERT P with special guest Julie de Azevedo 7:30 pm Friday, March 12, 1999 Kingsbury Hall, University of Utah Reserved Seating - $10 ART-TI- X has trouble i j sleeping. j She and out of the loop. 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