LYCOS RETRIEVER 
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In the election of 1948, incumbent President Harry S. Truman was far behind Republican nominee Thomas Dewey in polls and popular perception. Fifty out of 50 political writers confidently predicted his defeat. But in an aggressive campaign summed up by the legendary phrase "Give 'em Hell, Harry" Truman took to the rails to cross the country on a whistle stop tour. The President traveled over 30,000 miles, speaking in person before, by his own count, more than 15 million people. His election in 1948 ranks as the greatest surprise in American political history, and in some ways served as the last hurrah for a style of campaigning that would become increasingly rare in the television age.
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On April 9, 1948, the Irgun, one of whose commanders is Menachem Begin, and the Stern Gang, commanded by Yitzak Shamir, stormed the Arab village of Deir Yasin. Two hundred and fifty people, over one hundred of whom were women and children, were massacred. The event struck terror among the Arabs, such that by the time war broke out, 300,000 Arabs had already fled Palestine.A few days after the attack on Deir Yasin, an Arab force ambushed a medical convoy of Jewish physicians, staff, and patients on their way to Hadassah Hospital killing at least 75.
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Founded in 1948, the National Spinal Cord Injury Association is dedicated to improving the quality of life for hundreds of thousands of Americans with spinal cord injury and disease and their families. This number grows by approximately thirty newly-injured people each day. For more info on SCI see Source at: http://www.spinalcord.org
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