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  "thread": {
    "id": 2296,
    "subject": "Harry S Truman",
    "messages": 1,
    "voices": 1,
    "first": "2000-06-27T23:13:43+00:00",
    "last": "2000-06-27T23:13:43+00:00"
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    {
      "message_id": "<urth-v0029-0088@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Adam Stephanides",
        "address": "adamsteph at earthlink.net"
      },
      "date": "2000-06-27T23:13:43+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) Harry S Truman",
      "in_reply_to": null,
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          "depth": 2,
          "text": "David Duffy wrote:\nIn fact, it seems more than just plausible that Smoky's middle initial\ndoesn't stand for anything--remember that he wears \"A Suit of\nTruman's\" to be married in and that the 'S' in Harry S. Truman is\nwithout further signification.  I think that's the solution to\nthe middle initial mystery."
        },
        {
          "kind": "quote",
          "depth": 1,
          "text": "Truman's name is actually written Harry S Truman -- not having the book here,\nwhat is the exact punctuation?"
        },
        {
          "kind": "text",
          "depth": 0,
          "text": "If you're asking about the punctuation of Smoky's legal name, he does\nput a period after the S.\n\nTruman's name, on the other hand, appears as \"Harry Truman,\" no S at all\n(\"A Suit of Truman's,\" I, 4, p. 59 of Bantam TPB), although the S\nappears in the suit's monogram.  Come to think of it, it strikes me as\nvery unusual to refer to Truman as \"Harry Truman\"; either \"Truman\" or\n\"Harry S Truman\" are far more common.  It's as if Crowley is emphasizing\nthe \"S\" by omission.\n\nOkay, so who's going to do the article on \"The Letter 'S' in John\nCrowley's _Little, Big_\"?\n\n--Adam"
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