Word: truman
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...pennant chase continued, an old clutch-hitter with a reputation for breaking up tight ball games and a well-known affection for Harriman was asked what he thought of the current crop. Said Harry Truman in Southampton just before heading home from his European tour: he didn't care to comment just now. But then, with Casey Stengel shrewdness, he added: "I'll have plenty to say later...
...little touch of Harry in the night' worked wonders for British morale at Agincourt," said London's Daily Telegraph with Shakespearean whimsy. "The little touch of Harry S. Truman at his press conference yesterday was equally invigorating. It is no discourtesy to President Eisenhower to say that his former commander in chief, more than any other living American, embodies the sparkle and freshness, idealism and energy of the new world...
...glowed the Telegraph, so glowed Britain over Harry Truman, in London last week on the last leg of his seven-week swing through Europe (TIME, May 28 et seq.). After the first press conference (where he backed President Eisenhower by saying that American prestige abroad was "never higher"), he was astonished when 200 newsmen applauded him. Even a clothing-store clerk was captivated when Harry sauntered in to purchase a dress tie, lingered to demonstrate his Kansas City haberdasher's technique for selling four-in-hands...
Academic Giggles. At Oxford University Truman donned a scarlet, orange and grey gown, plumped a round velvet academic cap over his grey hair, stood before 1,200 in Christopher Wren's 17th century Sheldonian Theatre to receive his degree. Public Orator T. F. Higham, in stately Latin (Truman was furnished a pony in advance), praised the ex-President for the Berlin airlift, the North Atlantic Treaty, "the initiative he took in defending Korea." Higham drew academic giggles with a parody on the Aeneid that recalled Truman's 1948 upset victory over Dewey: "Heu vatum igname mentes! Quid vota...
Lord Halifax, Oxford's chancellor and onetime (1941-46) British Ambassador to the U.S., saluted "Harricum Truman" as "staunchest of allies," named him Doctor of Civil Law. Bess Truman, who called the ceremony "the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen," was less impressed by Dr. Truman. She marched up at a post-degree party, announced, "Come on, Harry, it's time to go." Sighed Truman: "It's always like this." Before leaving Oxford he was cheered by students: "Give 'em hell, Harricum...