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Because Harry Truman's middle initial, S, stood for nothing, editors have debated for years whether to put a period after it. Asked about it in 1985, Truman's daughter, Margaret, told advice columnist Abigail Van Buren ("Dear Abby"), "My father always put a dot after the letter 'S'; that's why it appears on the cover of the biography I wrote about him." (Maybe so, but the period is not visible in the signature reproduced with his official photograph.) more... |
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