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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Harry Truman

Harry Truman stories: 11 news summaries
ANALYSIS

50% Approval Rating Just Another Number: Silver

Obama likely to win re-election, Dems to keep House majority with current numbers

Aug 31, 09 3:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Much has been made of President Obama’s 50% job-approval rating, but that number in and of itself is “not particularly newsworthy,” writes Nate Silver for FiveThirtyEight.com. Obama could probably win in 2012 even with approval below 50%: George W. Bush was re-elected with the approval of... More »

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Barack Obama • Democrats • House of Representatives • Harry Truman • approval ratings • George W. Bush • re-election • Nate Silver

OPINION

 Bring Back the Summer Suit 

It's time to bring back the men's summer suit

Jul 24, 09 2:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - “Having a distinct summer wardrobe was once the mark of a man in the know,” writes Eric Felten in the Wall Street Journal. A seersucker suit Harry Truman wore in June 1945 led reporters to call him “confident” and “optimistic.” Damon Runyon once wrote, “... More »

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fashion • summer • Harry Truman • trend • Jay-ZTV • seersucker • Damon Runyon

(Newser) - The US says North Korea’s recent nuclear test is an obstacle to a “peace treaty formally ending the Korean War,” which gives pause to Juliet Lapidos, writing for Slate. “Wait, we’re still at war with North Korea?” The armistice that ended hostilities in 1953 was... More »

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North Korea • United States • Korean War • Harry Truman • police action • armistice • hostilities

Since Leaving Office, Bush Raises $1M a Day for Library

Dubya raises funds faster than predecessors

May 4, 09 3:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - George W. Bush has amassed over $100 million in donations for the construction of a presidential library at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Time reports, with most coming since he left office. Bush has tapped into his campaign donor network to hit the estimated $300 million cost for the project,... More »

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donation • Harry Truman • Southern Methodist University • presidential library • George W. Bush • fundraising

(Newser) - Since the days of George Washington, outgoing presidents have found saying goodbye to the nation to be cathartic—and sometimes used the speech to warn of worries to come. Ahead of tomorrow's Bush address, the Houston Chronicle looks at some favorites.
  1. Washington: Set the tone, paying tribute to the
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White House • Richard Nixon • president • Ronald Reagan • Harry Truman • Dwight Eisenhower • George Washington

GLOSSIES

Obama Girls Join Exclusive White House Sorority

If predecessors are any sign, Malia and Sasha are in for 'a helluva good time'

Nov 19, 08 11:53 AM CST
(Newser) - If Malia Obama sneaks a boy into the White House, it won’t be an action without precedent. The generations of girls who occupied what Margaret Truman billed “the Great White Jail” form a sort of underground society, Lauren Collins writes in the New Yorker. The Johnson sisters, for... More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • White House • Harry Truman • Dwight Eisenhower • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • Marian Robinson • President Obama

OPINION

 Ranking the 
 Dads-in-Chief 

Carter among the best, FDR one of the worst

Nov 4, 08 3:08 PM CST
(Newser) - Enough with debates on Sarah Palin being a mommy and a vice president. A look at the best and worst fathers-in-chief, as compiled by Madeline Holler for Babble, starting with the worst:
  • Thomas Jefferson only acknowledged (the white) half of the "kajillion kids" he had.
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parenting • Jimmy Carter • Bill Clinton • children • president • George HW Bush • father • Franklin D. Roosevelt • Harry Truman • Election 2008 • Thomas Jefferson

Julia Child Dished Up Secrets in WWII

Chef one of several famous Americans revealed as spies

Aug 14, 08 3:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Legendary chef Julia Child, Hollywood star Sterling Hayden, White Sox catcher Moe Berg and historian Arthur Schlesinger were all spies for the US, according to newly declassified documents. Untold stories and clandestine heroics of World War II will come to light today as authorities release 750,000 pages of files... More »

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CIA • World War II • Franklin D. Roosevelt • Arthur Schlesinger Jr. • National Archives • Harry Truman • Julia Child • Moe Berg • Sterling Hayden • John Hemingway • Kermit Roosevelt • Quentin Roosevelt • OSS • Office of Strategic Services • William Casey

 Bill's Bills Cost US
a Record $8M 

Clinton costs twice as much as Carter

Apr 11, 08 4:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bill Clinton is costing taxpayers significantly more in publicly funded perks than the two other surviving former presidents, reports Politico. From 2001 through the end of this year, $8 million will be spent on Bill Clinton, compared with $5.5 million for George H. W. Bush and $4 million for... More »

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Jimmy Carter • Secret Service • Bill Clinton • Ronald Reagan • George HW Bush • Government Accountability Office • taxpayer money • Harry Truman • taxpayers • former presidents • retirement benefits • National Taxpayers Union • Congressional Research Service • Former Presidents Act

 Bush Approval
 Rating Hits
 New Low: 31% 

Ratings hit their lowest yet on war's 5th anniversary

Mar 20, 08 6:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - More than two-thirds of Americans now think George W. Bush is doing a poor job, according to a new poll that pegged his approval rate at 31%—a new low. The director of the CNN poll noted that the hefty 40-point drop in Bush's approval ratings since the start of... More »

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War on Terror • Lyndon Johnson • Bush approval ratings • poll • George HW Bush • Harry Truman • approval ratings • Iraq war • George W. Bush

Margaret Truman Daniel Dead

First Daughter went on to act, sing and write

Jan 29, 08 5:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Margaret Truman Daniel died today at 83 after breaking the mold of First Daughter and embarking on careers in singing, acting, and writing, the Los Angeles Times reports. The go-getter braved opera critics as a singer in the 1940s and '50s before acting alongside Jimmy Stewart on radio and television.... More »

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White House • obituary • Washington • opera • mystery • book • Too Much Media • Harry Truman • first families

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