Word: trumanism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ownership of the Walker Valley, Pine Bush & Pacific Railroad from a defenseless, aged widow. She, inevitably, has a beautiful daughter who, of course, figures in the dastards' ultimate goal. They do not succeed, however, thanks to the "Courage and Valor in all Things but One" (Drink) of one Truman Pendennis. Not even poor Truman ever seems really doubtful about the happy outcome, and all is well...
...picture of "Mr. Democrat" was most appropriate. It used to be Pendergast peering over Truman's shoulder; now it's Tammany Hall's Boss De Sapio. All are of the same ilk and bilk. When Truman complains, "We have lost heavily among the millions of uncommitted people in Asia," he seems to have forgotten under whose administration it was that the Chinese Commies were called "merely agrarian reformers." There are thousands of American casualties of Korea who weren't nearly so happy on "Harry's Night...
Judging from snatches of his memoirs and recent remarks, Mr. Truman is apparently convinced that he didn't say what he said, or do what...
...election of Eisenhower. Winning control of the House of Representatives is a tough goal-and control of the Senate a tougher one. Beyond the immediate electoral objectives of 1956 lies the long-range rehabilitation of the Republican Party, reduced to a minority by the Depression and the Roosevelt-Truman years...
...faced with an even more urgent task. For the twin purposes of containing Communism and helping under-developed nations to lift their standards of living have coalesced from Japan to Mexico. President Eisenhower's "Atoms-for-Peace" plan is one daring response to the challenge; President Truman's "Point Four" program was another. Long-term aid, increased allocations to the U.N., and the establishment of SUNFED will also help. But if the United States claims to be something more than the wealthiest suburb of the world, it will have to put to use its full imagination and generosity...