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.
1944.  1 Don't swap horses in midstream â 1944 U.S. presidential campaign slogan of Franklin Roosevelt.  2 We are going to win this war and the peace that follows â 1944 campaign slogan in the midst of World War II by Democratic president Franklin D. Roosevelt.  3 Dewey or don't we - Thomas E. Dewey.