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词汇 smoke-filled room
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smoke-filled room. Associated Press reporter Kirke Simpson first recorded the expression smoke-filled room, in a newspaper story describing the behind-the-scenes political manipulation used to secure Warren Harding’s nomination for president in 1920. However, Harry Daughtery, a friend of Harding, probably coined the phrase.
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