The shape of the land. Ocean basins are that part of Earth's surface that extends seaward from the continental margins (the submerged outer edges of continents, each composed of a continental shelf and a continental slope). Basins lie at an average water depth of about 12,450 feet (3,795 meters).
Share. Harry Truman's famous motto, the buck stops here â which was emblazoned on a thirteen-inch sign that sat on his Oval Office desk â is receiving a lot of renewed interest today.
1956 - The secular phrase E Pluribus Unum (Out of many, one) is replaced with In God We Trust as the national motto. President Eisenhower first institutes the annual National Prayer Breakfast held in the White House. The phrase So help me God is added to the oath taken by Federal judges and other officials.