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.
No Democratic presidential candidate has missed the chance to denounce him in the most censorious terms, from Howard Dean (John Ashcroft is a descendant of Joseph McCarthy) to John Kerry (a crowd of every creed, every color, every belief, every religion is John Ashcroft's worst nightmare).n fact the appointment was less of a bolt from the blue than Ashcroft suggests. As the St. Louis Post-Dispatch related in 1999, Ashcroft let it be known after his defeat that he was thinking about leaving the party and running against his victorious primary opponent as an independent.