What is "presidents"

Usage examples of "presidents".

There were presidents of fire companies and cricket clubs, Adams observed.

Of kings and presidents, Adams said he saw little to distinguish them from other men.

Believe me, Anna, I sat in that office for three long years, I know how presidents think.

At times like these, presidents needed sympathetic listeners to the lame excuses, and men who could offer sensible advice as to what to do next to ameliorate the losses.

If you ask me, Vice Presidents should be seen and only infrequently heard.

I begged the Foreign Minister to understand that President Tucker was eager for substance, not mere spectacle, and that we felt an exchange of ambassadors, not Presidents, would be an appropriate start.

I cannot but consider our Presidents as very unfortunate men if they must live in this dwelling.

I had rather you should be worthy makers of brooms and baskets than unworthy presidents of the United States procured by intrigue, factious slander and corruption.

In view of the fact that the past three Presidents in a row--Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe--had earlier served as Secretary of State, it was already being said that the presidency was his destiny, too.

The two former presidents were, with eighty-eight-year-old Charles Carroll of Maryland, the last signers of the Declaration still alive.

He was a down-to-earth guy, a very regular person as recent presidents went.

House Committee on Impeachment against Nixon, it seemed clear that the committee did not want to emphasize those elements in his behavior which were found in other Presidents and which might be repeated in the future.

It concentrated on things peculiar to Nixon, not on fundamental policies continuous among American Presidents, at home and abroad.

Electoral politics dominated the press and television screens, and the doings of presidents, members of Congress, Supreme Court justices, and other officials were treated as if they constituted the history of the country.

Founding Fathers and the Presidents weigh oppressively on the capacity of the ordinary citizen to act.