Word: trumanism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Schoonover, an advanced standing, sophomore, broke Truman Ford's 23-year-old mark of 13 ft. 119 in, on his third and final jump in last night's Briggs Cage romp...
...Warren strategy, like that of Governor Thomas E. Dewey in New York, was extremely successful on the state level. But it couldn't produce winners in a presidential election; in the acid test of 1948, the Dewey-Warren ticket could not defeat Harry S Truman...
...vaulting. Steve Schonover bursts into varsity track as an advanced-placement sophomore; he soared to 14' 4 1/2" at Niskayuna High in New York and he should vault 14 feet Saturday despite a sore leg. That is still a generous 1-4 inch above the previous mark set by Truman Ford...
...latest ruling, but its practical effect is to end litigation against 41 other party members who have refused to register. In 15 years, the five-member board established by the McCarran Act has failed to get a single Communist or crypto-Communist organization or individual registered. As Harry Truman said of the bill, which passed over his veto: "The idea of requiring Communist organizations to divulge information about themselves is a simple and attractive one. But it is about as practical as requiring thieves to register with the sheriff...
...sort of thing that fascinated Jack Kennedy, and he started to fill out the form, then decided against it, replying: "A year ago I would have responded with confidence, but now I am not so sure." When the results of the survey were published, Kennedy was pleased that Truman ranked among the "near great," amused that Eisenhower stood near the bottom of the "average" class. He was also surprised at Woodrow Wilson's high rating-fourth on the list, and "great." He remarked that Wilson, "though a great speaker and writer, failed in a number of his objectives...