Word: trumans
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Hersey, who had spent a similar week with Harry Truman in the White House in 1951, scrutinized the President for any telltale "signals of stress under the calm exterior." But none were evident. The author speculates that Ford has so long been on the losing political side in the "national poker game" as a minority Congressman that he has learned to mask his feelings completely...
...Harry Truman called his Cabinet and staff together last week in Washington. Margaret stuck her head in too. There was some thunder, a great many jokes, roars of laughter and peppery irreverences about people and politics...
...Whitmore, the actor who plays the part in Give 'em Hell Harry! at Ford's Theater. The National Press Club had him come for a lunch, and just to make it seem like old times they invited a lot of men and women who had worked with Truman...
...Roosevelt gave us electricity," says Mrs. Woodside. "It changed our lives. I'll never forget it." She and her husband quietly cheered Harry Truman but were offended by his language. Ike was a "dear old man," but not a very good President as viewed from the Woodside corner. John Kennedy they liked immensely. Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon got a quick dismissal. So does Ford...
Chiang's supporters in the U.S. blamed his defeat on the Truman Administration, which had rejected the Gimo's appeals for a massive increase in U.S. aid after the war and cut off support entirely after the Nationalists' flight to Taiwan. The flow resumed six months later at the outbreak of the Korean War, reaching a total of $4 billion before it was finally ended in 1965; Washington regarded Chiang as an important ally in the U.S. efforts to contain Communism in Asia...