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Truman

[ troo-muhn ]

noun

  1. Elizabeth Virginia Wallace Bess, 1885–1982, U.S. First Lady 1945–53 (wife of Harry S Truman).
  2. Harry S, 1884–1972, 33rd president of the U.S. 1945–53.
  3. a male given name.


Truman

/ ˈtruːmən /

noun

  1. TrumanHarry S18841972MUSPOLITICS: statesman Harry S . 1884–1972, US Democratic statesman; 33rd president of the US (1945–53). He approved the dropping of the two atomic bombs on Japan (1945), advocated the postwar loan to Britain, and involved the US in the Korean War


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President Harry Truman kept a sign on his desk that read: “The Buck Stops Here.”

In 1951, Harry Truman fired Gen. Douglas MacArthur during the Korean War.

It is also the one worn by Presidents Eisenhower, Truman, and George W. Bush.

Phil Hoffman had to transform himself into Truman Capote while Julia Roberts won for being brassy in Erin Brockovich.

President Truman established the National Security Agency two years later.

He even looked pained; and Ida, conscious that she had unwittingly touched a sore spot, took up the strain Mr. Truman had broken.

Now when Squire Truman came here to settle, they tried quick enough to save his soul.

Seeing them both in one place is like seeing Truman and that music critic sit down at the piano together.

If he read of some great man, he asked if he was as great as Farmer Truman.

Truman opened post offices at a number of places in Los Angeles County.

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