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our friend Muldoon

English translation: William Muldoon 1852-1933 American Greco-Roman wrestler

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English term or phrase:our friend Muldoon
Selected answer:William Muldoon 1852-1933 American Greco-Roman wrestler
Entered by: Stephanie Ezrol

14:12 Jan 14, 2010
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: our friend Muldoon
In many ways Pythagoras reminds us of our friend Muldoon, both being beneficent autocrats, and both proving their sincerity by taking their own medicine. Pythagoras said, "I will never ask another to do what I have not done, and am not willing to do myself."
Shirley Fan
Local time: 00:55
William Muldoon
Explanation:
"In 1900, Muldoon opened what would become the work of his life, the well-known health institute "The Olympia," at Purchase, New York. In subsequent years through the success of the Olympia Muldoon would again gain national notice as he treated such notables there as U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain Joseph Hodges Choate, publisher Ralph Pulitzer, Senator Chauncey Depew, Major General J. Franklin Bell, essayist Elbert Hubbard novelist Theodore Dreiser and Secretary of State Elihu Root, who was sent to Muldoon by President Roosevelt. In 1907 there was talk that Muldoon would be appointed to the president's cabinet to oversee physical health. For his uncompromised methods at his health farm Muldoon was dubbed the "Professor.""

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more on the benificence of Muldoon:

But the greatest battles were the matches between Muldoon and Clarence Whistler. Whistler suffered a broken shoulder in one bout but refused to concede the match. Rather than further injure his friend, the gentleman William insisted this match be postponed until Clarence could heal. Muldoon once stopped a bout to lecture an unruly crowd on sportsmanship which had yelled to "Break the Frenchie's neck!" Muldoon retired in 1887

http://www.pwhf.org/halloffamers/bios/muldoon.asp
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Stephanie Ezrol
United States
Local time: 12:55
Grading comment
thanks!
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +3William Muldoon
Stephanie Ezrol
4Sir Robert (David) MuldoonPrime Minister of New Zealand
David Russi
Summary of reference entries provided
from the Britannica
John Detre

Discussion entries: 1





  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
our friend muldoon
Sir Robert (David) MuldoonPrime Minister of New Zealand


Explanation:
http://encyclopedia.stateuniversity.com/pages/20652/Sir-Robe...

David Russi
United States
Local time: 10:55
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 44

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Stephanie Ezrol: Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915) is the author of the excerpt
17 mins
agree  B D Finch: "The "Muldoon years" are marked by Muldoon's obstinate, resourceful, and autocratic attempts to maintain New Zealand's "cradle to the grave" welfare state, ..." www.fact-index.com/r/ro/robert_muldoon.html -
44 mins
disagree  Jim Tucker (X): Impossible here, as this Muldoon was not born until after the death of the author of this passage.
59 mins
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
our friend muldoon
William Muldoon


Explanation:
"In 1900, Muldoon opened what would become the work of his life, the well-known health institute "The Olympia," at Purchase, New York. In subsequent years through the success of the Olympia Muldoon would again gain national notice as he treated such notables there as U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain Joseph Hodges Choate, publisher Ralph Pulitzer, Senator Chauncey Depew, Major General J. Franklin Bell, essayist Elbert Hubbard novelist Theodore Dreiser and Secretary of State Elihu Root, who was sent to Muldoon by President Roosevelt. In 1907 there was talk that Muldoon would be appointed to the president's cabinet to oversee physical health. For his uncompromised methods at his health farm Muldoon was dubbed the "Professor.""

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Note added at 32 mins (2010-01-14 14:45:04 GMT)
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more on the benificence of Muldoon:

But the greatest battles were the matches between Muldoon and Clarence Whistler. Whistler suffered a broken shoulder in one bout but refused to concede the match. Rather than further injure his friend, the gentleman William insisted this match be postponed until Clarence could heal. Muldoon once stopped a bout to lecture an unruly crowd on sportsmanship which had yelled to "Break the Frenchie's neck!" Muldoon retired in 1887

http://www.pwhf.org/halloffamers/bios/muldoon.asp


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Muldoon
Stephanie Ezrol
United States
Local time: 12:55
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 156
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thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  John Detre
6 mins
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agree  Jim Tucker (X)
44 mins
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agree  Rolf Keiser: must be him.
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Reference comments


29 mins
Reference: from the Britannica

Reference information:
William Muldoon, born May 25, 1852, Caneadea, N.Y., U.S., died June 3, 1933, Purchase, N.Y.

byname "Iron Duke," American wrestling champion and boxing trainer.

Muldoon was a policeman from 1876 to 1882, won the New York Police heavyweight title, and in 1880 the American Greco-Roman wrestling title. He became well known when he began to tour the United States as a boxing promoter and coach of John L. Sullivan. Muldoon was chairman of the New York Boxing Commission from 1921 to 1924. A proponent of strict physical conditioning, Muldoon established his notable gymnasium on East 22nd Street in New York City and later developed a training camp and health resort inWhite Plains, N.Y. He also invented the medicine ball. He and boxer Gene Tunney established the bronze heavyweight trophy on July 28, 1928.

John Detre
Canada
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 20
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