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Harry Truman missed no chance to let the boys know that bygones were bygones. Displaying some herniated Latin at a dinner for Defense Secretary Louis Johnson, Truman mentioned the old Roman cry: "Delenda est Carthago!" (Carthage must be destroyed). Some Senators had cried "Delenda est Trumano!"-said the President, but "I am happy to say that I have no ill feeling towards those gentlemen who would like to have delenda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: Half-a-Loaf Harry | 4/11/1949 | See Source »

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