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Fala

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Fala
Franklin Roosevelt’s dog. [Am. Hist.: Wallechinsky, 126]
See : Dogs


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The reception and fala will take place at Chelsea Piers, Pier 60 (Hudson River & 23rd St.
Sergio argues that the youth was adamant about remaining virginal, preferring instead "a pureza da castidade, que ele guardou ate a morte com limpeza virginal; em cuja guarda foi tao zeloso e acautelado de toda a comunicacao e ainda da vista ou fala de mulher" (the purity of chastity, which he guatded all his life with virginal behavior of the most zealous sort in the presence or on the subject of women; 34).
One cartoon appears to be nothing more than a sad dog at a bedroom door, but through the accompanying annotation, we learn that the dog, Fala, belonged to Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the 1945 drawing was published shortly after FDR's death.
 
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