NOW1: Giraffes patrol the stretch of Woodland Park where Harding spoke in 1923. Today it constitutes the African Savannah of Woodland Park Zoo. At right is presidential historian Mike Purdy, who notes that Harding’s speeches were both alliterative and elliptical. Purdy cites William Gibbs McAdoo, ex-secretary of the treasury and future U.S. senator, who called Harding’s rhetoric “an army of pompous phrases moving across the landscape in search of an idea.” To see Purdy’s books and writings, visit PresidentialHistory.com. (Clay Eals)