Truman
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- proper noun
- /ˈtruːmən/
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Truman
- By early March 1948, President Truman was then faced with diametrically opposed policy recommendations.
- Harry Truman
- President Truman
- Truman administration
There was no Dewey beats Truman this time.
- There was no Dewey beats Truman this time.
- But what happens, Lex, if it's a Harry Truman like response?
- He was as much in favour of it as as Truman.
- It reminds me of that sign on Harry Truman's desk.
- So people like Truman, you know, was obviously very hardcore in many ways anti communist.
- This is why we have this very decentralized science agency system in the United States because Harry Truman vetoed the National Science bill, right?
- 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.
- I would start the podcast by saying, of course, Harry S Truman was faced with a very difficult decision.
- I was talking about private anti-Semitic and anti black language used by Presidents Truman and Nixon.
- At the end of the Second World War, President Truman selected Hoover once again to organize food relief in Germany.
Examples
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During his presidency, Truman initiated the Marshall Plan to help rebuild Europe after the war.
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"Everyone else in the executive branch," as President Truman once put it, "is an agent of the president."
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And when President Truman came into office, he made it.
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As President Truman said, "We have to cut down on the cost of living."
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No president has told the truth since Truman.
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Yeah, Harry Truman sent me there in 1951.
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Remember Harry Truman who said it's remarkable what a small group of people can achieve together if they don't mind who gets the credit?
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Harry S Truman Seeking a swift end to the Pacific War, he authorized the dropping of two atomic bombs on Japan.
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When President Truman took office in 1945, he faced numerous challenges following World War II.
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President Truman famously authorized the use of atomic bombs against Japan in 1945.
Synonyms
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The 33rd President of the United States from 1945 to 1953 who allows the use of atomic bombs on Japan
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Leader of the United States from 1945 to 1953 who ordered atomic bombs to be dropped on Japan
The 33rd President of the United States who led after World War II and used atomic bombs on Japan
Compounds
A U.S. policy to give money and military help to countries threatened by communism
Surface Forms
Etymology
Truman comes from old English parts true and man, meaning 'true' and 'man', so it originally meant a 'true man' or honest person. Think 'true-man' to remember the name Truman, the 33rd U.S. president.