President Eisenhower
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- proper noun
- /ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈaɪzənhaʊər/
- When President Eisenhower coined the phrase, "the military-industrial complex" in 1961, 51 cents of every dollar spent by the federal government was spent on defense, while 37 cents of every dollar spent by the federal government was spent on domestic programs.
- President Eisenhower appointed
- secretary under President Eisenhower
- Former President Eisenhower
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When President Eisenhower asked Ambassador Bonsai how Cuba "could make a living if it was unable to sell its sugar," the latter replied that "the present government had not thought that problem out."
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In August 1955, President Eisenhower ordered that any soldier at risk of capture should be given "specific training and instruction designed to ... withstand all enemy efforts against him."
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President Eisenhower stressed the military strength of the United States.
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It speaks highly of President Eisenhower that he loved golf so much despite not being very good at it.
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For his part, President Eisenhower confided to the National Security Council that "it was difficult to figure out what Castro was trying to do... nothing seemed to have an effect on him."
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In this instance, President Eisenhower apparently rejected Gaither's recommendations, in part because of additional information available to him from the U-2 reconnaissance aircraft.
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Nonetheless, even before receiving an OCB report, President Eisenhower, Vice President Richard Nixon, and the NSC debated various missile programs that might respond to PR needs.
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This assessment caused President Eisenhower to sit up and demand to know why an issue of this importance was being brought up only now—with Batista evidently in extremis.
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Much criticism in retrospect has been leveled at President Eisenhower for failing to receive Castro when he came to Washington, particularly since the Cuban prime minister (as he was from 14 February) was fobbed off on Vice President Richard Nixon.
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President Eisenhower served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 to 1961.
Synonyms
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A U.S. army general who became president and led the 1944 invasion of Normandy
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An American general who led Allied forces in Europe and later became President of the United States
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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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A general who became the 34th President of the United States and led the Allied invasion of Normandy
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a compositional title + proper name construction: if a learner knows 'President' (the office) and 'Eisenhower' (the named person), they can directly infer it refers to Eisenhower in his role as president. The pattern is cross-linguistically common and does not involve idiomatic meaning or metaphor, so it is immediately understandable given the constituent meanings.
Etymology
President Eisenhower refers to Dwight D. Eisenhower, a U.S. Army general who led the Allied forces in World War II and then became the country's 34th President. Imagine a uniformed general moving into the White House—that picture helps you remember that President Eisenhower means the U.S. leader who served from 1953 to 1961.