Word: trumanism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Adlai Stevenson was not present because of "a geological expedition into my interior," his way of explaining an operation for kidney stones. But Harry Truman was. Off the cuff, Harry cracked jokes for ten minutes and, turning serious, warned: "We can't have the friendship of the free world if we are going to insult our friends and allies...
...days later, the Democrats were whooping again. By then, they had moved to New York City, a Democratic town. It was Harry Truman's 70th birthday. By way of celebration (and, incidentally, to benefit the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, Mo.) a cut-rate $70-a-plate dinner was held in the sprawling Waldorf-Astoria ballroom...
During the years 1944 to 1946, Wedemeyer commanded the U.S. troops in the China theater and served as chief of staff for Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek. In the summer of 1947 he made a special report for President Truman on Korea and China...
Beat the Devil. John Huston and Truman Capote tell a completely wacky shaggy-dog story with Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones. Gina Lollobrigida, Robert Morley. Peter Lorre (TiME, March...
...sure, there has been agitation against the inequities of the law since it was passed over the Truman veto. President Eisenhower has described the bill as "a glaring example of failure of our national leadership to live up to high ideals." Religious and social groups have actively opposed the act, while trying to help the people admitted under...