Word: trumanism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Harry Truman," said Nixon, "was somewhat of a table pounder. He got some results that way. Mr. Eisenhower is a persuader. He's gotten results, too. The problem of leadership cannot be described in terms of rigid, black and white categories. A President's success is determined by his results rather than...
...boxes. Symington also plans to advance his candidacy at a series of high-caloric political banquets, starting with a Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner in Springfield, Mo., with Pennsylvania's Governor David Lawrence as the featured speaker, and a testimonial dinner in St. Louis on Feb. 20, with Harry Truman presiding. Said Symington last week: "I certainly would like to be President...
Such nice legalities did not bother ex-President Harry Truman. "This act of provocation is intended missile invasion of the Pacific," said he, in Phoenix, Ariz. "This action is as highhanded as it is brazen." Said Montana's Democratic Senator Mike Mansfield: "I am requesting the State Department to make a strong protest immediately, and if that is not successful, to seek a special session of the U.N." Mansfield added that if the Russians did not bow to the protest. President Eisenhower should reconsider his decision to attend the mid-May summit meeting in Paris with Russia...
...interested visitor at the Truman Library in Independence, Mo., two-year-old Clifton Truman Daniel, self-nicknamed "Kiffie." was trailed by watchful Grandpa Harry S. Truman as the lad explored the building. Chuckled Harry later and a bit breathlessly: "I had to go some to keep up with...
...Died. Truman Bailey, 57, designer and craftsman who was inspired by the rich variety of artifacts he uncovered in Peru to set up a shop to revive long-dormant native arts, developed such a thriving export business that the Peruvian government took it over; in Lima, Peru...