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Stassen

American  
[stas-uhn] / ˈstæs ən /

noun

  1. Harold Edward, 1907–2001, U.S. politician and university president.


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“We had a lot of concession vendors walking back and forth,” Stassen remembers.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 26, 2025

He joined a Twin Cities law firm with Republican ties that had produced Gov. Harold E. Stassen and Gov. Harold LeVander, who made Mr. Durenberger his chief of staff.

From New York Times Jan. 31, 2023

In 1948, Thomas Dewey and Harold Stassen, competing for the Republican nomination, debated a single policy question on national radio: “Shall the Communist Party in the United States be outlawed?”

From The New Yorker Sep. 12, 2016

Candidates like Harold Stassen in 1948 and Robert Taft in 1952 were widely expected to do well in their respective campaigns, though both ultimately came up short.

From MSNBC Mar. 30, 2016

That would create difficulty for Stassen, for international pressure to suspend tests was growing—indeed, the Soviets had proposed a test moratorium in May, just as Stassen’s task forces were coming together.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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