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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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In this week’s Screen Gab, ‘Running Point’ co-creator David Stassen discusses the new season, plus streaming suggestions for your weekend.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

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

The first primary debate, in 1948, featured New York Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and former Minnesota Gov. Harold Stassen, who were competing for the Republican nomination.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 11, 2019

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

President Eisenhower told Stassen he was “quite sure the Soviets have never given any thought to any inspection plan which involved the presence ... of anything like twenty to thirty thousand foreign inspectors.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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