Word: truman
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...Harry Truman came blinking onstage in somewhat the same way in April, 1945, when Franklin Roosevelt died in Warm Springs, Georgia. The obscure vice president from Missouri was called to the White House from his bourbon-and-water in Sam Rayburn's hideaway in the Capitol, just as Kay Graham was called from her children and domestic routine. Truman said he felt as if the sun, the moon and all the planets had fallen on him. Kay Graham did not exactly enjoy the moment, either...
...crowds and compare the recorded faces with mug shots on file. But those cameras are also capturing the mug of the guy stopping by for a drink who told his wife he was working late at the office. It has got so we are all stars of The Truman Show...
...wrangling Brando was anything but simple. When the Method-acting legend showed up to shoot his first scene, he was in full makeup (eye shadow, rosy cheeks, the works), and his initial performance as the gay Max looked something like Barbara Bush doing her best Truman Capote impression. "He had earnestly worked on his character," says Oz diplomatically, "but my tone was more reality based." In take after take, Oz asked Brando to "bring it down." Brando obliged, but told the director...
...Birthday Mr. President," and paid homage to Bush?s favorite sport: Baseball. The cake was decorated with an edible bat (wrapped with ribbons of red white and blue sugar) and mitt, which held a meringue baseball adorned with the letter W. After the party, the assemblage stood on the Truman balcony to watch fireworks on the mall...
Schwartz is also a Truman Scholar and will spend the next year in Oxford on a Marshall Scholarship. He is a member of the U.S. Academic First team...