| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. |
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| The buck stops here |
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| I’m the ultimately responsible person in this organization. Other people can pass the buck to me, but I can’t pass the buck to anyone else. | 1 |
| ‡ President Harry S. Truman kept a sign on his desk that read, “The buck stops here.” | 2 |
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| | | The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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