Word: truman
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...BESS W. TRUMAN...
...Margaret Truman...
...President Harry S. Truman found his wife before the fireplace, burning their letters. "Bess," he protested. "Think of history." She replied, "I have." Fortunately, most of Harry's letters home were spared, thereby enhancing his legacy and helping his daughter Margaret write a gentle, warmhearted biography of the addressee. Harry had to chase Bess, a spirited child of a prominent Independence, Mo., family, for almost three decades before she would marry him. By the time he entered the White House in 1945, she was, he wrote her, "the only person in the world whose approval and good opinion I value...
...sophomores have been named Truman Scholars for 1986 and can receive more than $20,000 in scholarships in the coming years, the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation announced last week...
...choosing the winners, the Truman Foundation defines public service very broadly, said Harvard Director of Felowships Melinda S. Walsh. "We've had winners who have devoted their time to helping migrant workers in Texas, working in Washington as aides, and writing books on psychology," she said...