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Clay remained at his vast Kentucky estate, Ashland, pondering how it happened that, after years of contending with Old Hickory, he now had to deal with his equally hostile young protégé.
A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009
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Clay remained at his vast Kentucky estate, Ashland, pondering how it happened that, after years of contending with Old Hickory, he now had to deal with his equally hostile young protégé.
A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009
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The President, after having been literally nearly pressed to death and almost suffocated and torn to pieces by the people in their eagerness to shake hands with Old Hickory, had retreated through the back way or south front and had escaped to his lodgings at Gadsby's.
White House Gate Crashing, From Andrew Jackson To Grace Slick 2010
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Leave be, said Old Hickory, and who was going to argue with the old man?
He Don't Know Him 2010
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"The Shaw-Nee dragged him off," said Old Hickory, and that was that.
He Don't Know Him 2010
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The President, after having been literally nearly pressed to death and almost suffocated and torn to pieces by the people in their eagerness to shake hands with Old Hickory, had retreated through the back way or south front and had escaped to his lodgings at Gadsby's.
Chris Weigant: White House Gate Crashing, From Andrew Jackson To Grace Slick 2010
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The President, after having been literally nearly pressed to death and almost suffocated and torn to pieces by the people in their eagerness to shake hands with Old Hickory, had retreated through the back way or south front and had escaped to his lodgings at Gadsby's.
Chris Weigant: White House Gate Crashing, From Andrew Jackson To Grace Slick 2009
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Fellow Facebooker Kevin Bartoy, a 35-year-old archeologist from Old Hickory, TN started up a similar group a few weeks ago because he and his wife have been drowning in student loan debt as well.
Jon Chattman: Forgiving Student Loan Debt Would Stimulate Economy 2009
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First up is Tennessee's Andrew Jackson, a.k.a. Old Hickory, the 7th president who first came to fame as the general who won the Battle of New Orleans.
Jamie Stiehm: Nashville Backstory: A Political Scene-Setter 2008
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Having no natural children of their own, Old Hickory and his wife, Rachel, were always taking young men of promise under their wings.
'Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America' 2008
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