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Letter
Letter: The real story of Cactus Jack and his bucket of spit
...To set the record straight, the vice-president was the American Democrat politician John Nance Garner, and the content of the bucket was piss, not spit....
October 13, 2020
Life & Arts
Restoration drama
...However, he did entertain visiting grandees such as US vice-president John Nance Garner and playwright George Bernard Shaw there....
February 3, 2012
FT Live
FTWeekend Festival: U.S. edition
Where the Financial Times weekend paper comes to life
Saturday, 4 MayThe REACH, at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, F Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USA
InterviewLunch with the FT
Lunch with the FT: Armando Iannucci
...The vice-president squad: From spit, lies and duels to ‘the great state of Chicago’ John Nance Garner was known as “Cactus Jack” for his sharp tongue....
June 29, 2012
US & Canadian companies
Intensive talks failed to prevent Lehman’s demise
...The original plan, outlined at the beginning of the meeting attended by banking chiefs such as Goldman Sachs’ Lloyd Blankfein, Morgan Stanley’s John Mack and Merrill Lynch’s John Thain, was to seek a takeover...
September 15, 2008
Vices and virtues
...Franklin Roosevelt’s first vice-president, John Nance Garner (“Cactus Jack”), later told his fellow Texan Lyndon Johnson: “It ain’t worth a pitcher of warm shit”, although the coy American press insisted...
March 1, 2008

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