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Word: an11 (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...mornings later, Senate Majority Leader Scott Lucas was called at home at 8 o'clock by a summons to an11 a.m. White House conference. In the Cabinet room he found the same gathering of congressional leaders and Cabinet members who had listened to the President's statement early in the week. They waited for 20 minutes before Harry Truman came in, took a seat next to fellow Missourian Dewey Short, and asked General Bradley to recite the bad news from Korea. When Bradley had finished, the President slowly read off the text of his decision to throw...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Consequences | 7/10/1950 | See Source »

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