Word: confessionals
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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The Communists' first victim to tell his first-hand story is Michael Shipkov, a Bulgarian. Shipkov was a translator for the U.S. Legation in Sofia, which moved out two weeks ago when the U.S. broke diplomatic relations with Bulgaria. He is now in the hands of the Bulgarian State...
A Chill in Court. "My Lord," began the Prosecutor, Attorney General Sir Hartley Shawcross, his grey wig clamped firmly forward over his forehead, "this is a case of the utmost gravity . . . The prisoner is a Communist, and that is at once the explanation and indeed the tragedy of this case...
Shawcross concluded with a reminder that Fuchs would have got a different kind of trial had he been accused of treason by the power he served. "It should perhaps be said that this man's confession was made while he was still a free man," said the Prosecutor, "able...
"The Heart of the Matter" begins with a scene showing the strains in the marriage of an out-of-love, middle-aged couple. For fifteen years Major Scobie has served the British government as deputy commissioner of police in West Africa with unenthused satisfaction in his work. His literary wife...
But when other confession-hungry heart probers began flocking in to Wheaton-followed by the simply curious-President Edman discreetly ended the public testimonies. After a few hours more of confessions, it was all over-42 hours and 40 minutes after it began. "These kids are tired out," explained weary...