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        "Dutra, Eurico Gaspar, 1883-1974",
        "Woodward, Stanley, 1899-1992",
        "Connelly, Matthew J., 1907-1976",
        "Ross, Charles G. (Charles Griffith), 1885-1950",
        "Myers, Henry T. (Henry Tift), 1907-1968",
        "Clifford, Clark M. (Clark McAdams), 1906-1998",
        "Truman, Margaret (Mary Margaret), 1924-2008",
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        "Visits of state",
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