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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<title>DailyDirt: Handwriting Analysis For Secretaries Of The US Treasury</title>
<dc:creator>Michael Ho</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[ Everyone is supposed to have a unique signature for signing all kinds of important documents. Your signature represents how you would like to be viewed by the world, according to some signature-analysis theories. For most people, a signature isn't worth much and doesn't get much attention, but celebrities and public officials get a bit more scrutiny. Here are some signature examples that have been immortalized (or will soon be) on US currency.

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<li> <a title="http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/01/jack-lews-terrible-signature-may-grace-bills.html" href="http://nym.ag/VMVH7u">Jack Lew's distinctive signature has been described as a stretched-out Slinky -- which would look <s>awesome</s> <s>unbecoming</s></a> <a href="https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/save-lewpty-lew/XLGNBBJs?">AWESOME</a> on a dollar bill. A ton of FOIA requests are probably being filed now to see all the documents that have Lew's signature on them.... [<a href="http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/01/jack-lews-terrible-signature-may-grace-bills.html">url</a>]</li>

<li> <a title="http://www.uspapermoney.info/sign/" href="http://bit.ly/TNqLpb">Here's a list of 47 signatures that have graced US currency since 1928.</a> Anna Escobedo Cabral wins for the most legibly stylish. [<a href="http://www.uspapermoney.info/sign/">url</a>]</li>
 
<li> <a title="http://www.marketplace.org/topics/economy/geithner-interviews/timothy-geithners-signature-not-fit-print" href="http://bit.ly/Xo1MZ5">Timothy Geithner also had a unintelligible signature, but he changed it to make it more readable for the US Treasury.</a> From now on, I'm sure some people will refer to Geithner as the former Treasury Secretary known as <a href="http://www.marketplace.org/sites/marketplace.org/files/179px-Timothy_Geithner_signature.svg_.png">[insert sig here]</a>. [<a href="http://www.marketplace.org/topics/economy/geithner-interviews/timothy-geithners-signature-not-fit-print">url</a>]</li>

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