Eisenhower
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4.2
- proper noun
- /ˈaɪzənˌhaʊər/
- President Eisenhower led the nation through a pivotal era during the Cold War.
- President Eisenhower
- Dwight Eisenhower
- Eisenhower administration
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Watch on YouTubeAfter Truman and Korea, Eisenhower pulled back.
- After Truman and Korea, Eisenhower pulled back.
- And so there was they invaded at that time, Eisenhower was our president.
- And he says he's told, oh, President Eisenhower just died.
- But my personal attitude is, as General Dwight Eisenhower once said, pessimists never win wars.
- I mean, Billy, first of all, he began operating when Eisenhower was president.
- And from our point of view as a Marine, Patton was sold down the river by Eisenhower and FDR.
- Well, that kind of does everything that the military industrial complex about which President Eisenhower warned would would want to do.
- President Dwight D Eisenhower wanted to win over NASA but couldn't grant his request for a major arms deal.
- And I think there was a sense of the threat that the Soviet Union could pose to, to our way of life then by people like Churchill and Truman and Eisenhower.
- Maybe the Rozzy people know, you know why Eisenhower created the Interstate Highway System?
Examples
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President Eisenhower's concern about the military industrial complex-- his words have, unfortunately, come true.
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Since the time of President Eisenhower, militarism has often been linked with corruption.
Academic text (2015) -
President Eisenhower said, you know always that politics is like the road.
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President Eisenhower has asked you to be in his cabinet.
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Going to the White House and meeting President Eisenhower.
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My father, at the time, was riding the wave of Eisenhower prosperity.
Fiction book (2000) -
The primary set of highways is the Eisenhower Interstate System.
Academic text (2012) -
In a public address in 1954, Eisenhower spoke of his concern about communism:
Academic text (1990) -
The perspectives of President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dulles will be given particular attention.
Academic text (1990) -
President Dwight D. Eisenhower spoke of the United States as a "shrine or instrument of God."
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
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2.5
An American general who led Allied forces in Europe and later became President of the United States
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3.0
The 34th President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 who led Allied forces in World War II
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6.9
A nickname for Dwight D. Eisenhower, a United States general and president
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4.3
A US general who led Allied forces in World War II and became the 34th US President
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5.3
A general who became the 34th President of the United States and led the Allied invasion of Normandy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Eisenhower is a German family name made from Eisen 'iron' and hauer 'cutter'. So it meant 'iron cutter', someone who worked with iron, and that image helps you remember President Dwight D. Eisenhower.