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Fuss and feathers - Definition of Fuss and feathers at Dictionary.com a free online dictionary with pronunciation, synonyms, and translation of Fuss and feathers. Look it up now! ... Use fuss and feathers in a Sentence ... Old fuss and feathe...
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Fuss - Definition of Fuss at Dictionary.com a free online dictionary with pronunciation, synonyms, and translation of Fuss. Look it up now! ... an argument or noisy dispute: They had a fuss about who should wash dishes. ... fuss and feathers...
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Fuss and feathers (Idiom) ... Winfield Scott. He got his nickname because of his insistence in appearance and discipline in U.S. army. Served (1801 - 1861) ;
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He would serve under all fourteen presidents from Jefferson to Lincoln, the last twenty years as a commanding general. Now 61 years old and standing six-foot-five, he was humorless and stuffy (his nickname was “Old Fuss and Feathers”) but an astute mediator and negotiator and a hard-working, ... Ulysses S. Grant...
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Old Buzzards- ; (Squadron Nickname) VPU-1, flying the P-3 Orion. Old Faithful- ; (Nickname) Douglas A-1 Sky raider, during the Vietnam War. Old Fuss and Feathers- ; (Nickname) General Winfield S. Scott, USA; of the Mexican and Civil Wars.
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Ah. Just an exclamation. So, who cares what it means. ... Winfield Scott was a prominent general, yes, but derivations on his name involve it being a common practice to take any commanding officers name as a curse. His nickname was not "Great Scott" but "Old Fuss and Feathers." Lee was a hero since well before the Civil War.
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The U.S. Civil War goes by many names and what you call ... Popular Sovereignty: Policy developed by Senator Lewis Cass (D-MI) and adopted by Stephen Douglas; tying into the old Federalist/Anti-Federalist debate, it said that on issues such as slavery, decisions should be made on the local level rather than by Congress;
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Procedures must allow some kind of flexibility, because rigidity of thought can be exploited. (Thus, it's a flexible system that can single out the 70 year-old woman acting strangely, or the white guy in a business suit who is sweating and exhibiting nervous behaviors, or the Saudi who is fidgeting in his coat pockets.)
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