The bureau, still in its infancy, was initially hamstrung by Hoover's insistence that his agents be stouthearted men, not wily, patient predators.
Are cats stouthearted companions or unresponsive curmudgeons? Or are they, as Cartoonist Bernard Kliban suggested in his bestselling album Cat (1975), merely whimsical meat .
His first effort was a stouthearted call for Britons to join the spirit of the "I'm Backing Britain" campaign: To work then, islanders, as men.