2. (Animals) Also called: phalanger Austral and NZ any of various Australasian arboreal marsupials, such as Trichosurus vulpecula (brush-tailed phalanger), having dense fur and a long tail: family Phalangeridae. 3. play possum to pretend to be dead, ignorant, asleep, etc, in order to deceive an opponent.
There are, however, certain presidents that have established themselves as important figures, despite partisan viewpoints. One may disagree with the policies of Ronald Reagan or Franklin Roosevelt, but denying their importance in the history of American politics would be difficult to argue. Weâve compiled a list of the 25 most revered presidents in the history of the United States. The list comes from an aggregation of 17 surveys conducted over the last 60 years, each one rating the presidents according to their importance.
After the war, Eisenhower served as U.S. Army Chief of Staff. In 1948, he retired from the army, later becoming president of Columbia University, and then head of NATO in 1950. President of the United States. Eisenhower was a popular president throughout his two terms in office.With a campaign slogan that couldn't miss, I like Ike, Eisenhower and his vice president, Richard M. Nixon, posted landslide victories in both 1952 and 1956.hroughout and beyond his term as president, Eisenhower followed his mother's heart and concentrated on maintaining world peace. He watched in delight the development of his  atoms for peace  program loans of American uranium to have-not nations for peaceful purposes.