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Truman ['tru:mən]

n. 杜鲁门(m.)

truman

[ noun ]
elected vice president in Roosevelt's 4th term; became 33rd President of the United States on Roosevelt's death in 1945 and was elected President in 1948; authorized the use of atomic bombs against Japan (1884-1972)
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The Democratic presidential nominee invoked Truman's battling underdog memory across the Midwest as he pressed his argument that Bush is an elitist whose proposal to reduce the federal tax on capital gains would benefit primarily the wealthy.
Among the gaffes: One book said President Truman "easily settled" the war in Korea by dropping "the bomb," although nuclear weapons weren't used in Korea and Eisenhower was president when the armistice was signed.
Harry Truman opened a 15-year battle in 1950 with his proposals for medical insurance for the elderly.
Unpopular and far behind in the polls, Truman invented the whistlestop, making an average of 10 speeches a day from the back of a train and sparing the Republicans no ridicule in that blunt, partisan "Give `Em Hell" manner of his.
"We are now in the midst of the most rapid transformation of the city in its history," says Georgia State University geographer Truman Hartshorn. "For the past 2,000 years the city had just one center.
And the 33rd president's sister-in-law remembers them and still plays bridge as she did with Mrs. Truman.
It all worked out pretty well." The tradition of presenting a live turkey to the president goes back 42 years, to the administration of President Truman.
At the Capitol for a meeting, Ritchie said Truman stood at the door of the chamber where he previously served, but decided not to go in.
Robert Morse withstood some stiff competition, including Dustin Hoffman and Charles S. Dutton, to win the actor prize for his performance in "Tru," based on the life of writer Truman Capote.
"But I know this: Michael Dukakis is no Harry Truman," said Quayle.
"No indictment was filed, but Harry Truman had me picking barbed wire out of my britches for about a decade," Harvey recalled.
"Career break programs are very much geared to managerial and professional occupations," said Carole Truman, a research fellow and author of a study of career breaks.
To win he will have to defy the polls much as Truman did in 1948. The newest batch of surveys _ including one Thursday showing a nine-point Bush lead _ range from eight to 15 points.
The country has no formal structure for doing so, but former President Harry F. Truman thought he had an idea.
President Harry Truman, replacing the deceased Roosevelt, and Clement Atlee of Britain, face Stalin.
"We had just had our tornado drill last week so that children knew exactly what to do," said Gloria Truman, the school secretary. "They were out of the classroom and in the hallway in about 15 seconds.
In 1948, in a message to Congress, President Harry Truman urged statehood for Alaska.
He helped direct the first international observance of United Nations Day and was President Truman's undersecretary of labor.
One memorable Georges photo was of actress Lauren Becall sitting atop Truman's piano.
Other chapters treat the American Revolution, treatment of the Indians, and Truman's thoughts on George Washington.
The burnings began in May, when Mayor Truman Scarborough's 1985 Dodge Aries station wagon was set on fire and destroyed.
Once it could be said that the leadership of the Democratic Party _ the Democratic party of Truman, Kennedy and Jackson _ that's Scoop Jackson not Jesse Jackson _ was a proud defender of freedom.
Mr. Bush won't be transfigured into a Congress-bashing Harry Truman, but he is showing he won't be the same president who let George Mitchell set the national agenda a year ago.
The story also reported that Mr. deGueldre admitted to the Secret Service that he stole several pieces of the Truman china collection from a White House pantry and gave one plate to Mr. Spence.
In 1949, President Harry S. Truman signed the Mutual Defense Assistance Act, totaling $1.3 billion dollars in military aid to NATO countries.
Truman, who lived less than a mile from the library following his retirement, had an office in the building.
In 1945, President Truman announced that the secret of the atomic bomb would be shared only with Britain and Canada.
Like Harry Truman, he's a tough fighter.
In 1953, President Truman announced in his State of the Union address that the United States had developed a hydrogen bomb.
Yet even as Dukakis readied his charge, the GOP vice presidential candidate was scoffing at the man from Massachusetts. "Michael Dukakis is no Harry Truman," said Dan Quayle, referring to the political patron saint of the underdog.

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