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Whittaker Chambers, Tony's ogre, kept up a correspondence in the '50s with the young William F. Buckley Jr. Chambers was emphatic in his contempt for Joe McCarthy: "For the Right to tie itself in any way to Senator McCarthy is suicide...[H]e can't lead anybody because he can't think. He is a rabble-rouser and a slugger...
There will be a lot of wringing of hands, whining and asking why, but the truth is that as long as we let society exist with no leadership, no morals, no ethics, no respect for others and contempt for family values, what we have just witnessed may be only the beginning of horrors we cannot even imagine today. You want to know where the problem lies? For most of us, the answer is no farther than the nearest mirror. DAVID WRAY Littleton, Colo...
...realize that students who want to challenge the status quo are sometimes taken more seriously than those who support the institutions of our country," she said. "Personally, I believe that this policy of contempt for the military comprises everyone at the University, the administrators down to the students...
...worked with Whitney Houston (on Cinderella). Now she's working with Ross. Even Brandy's dad, Willie Ray Norwood Sr., is impressed by this latest pairing. "I've loved Diana Ross my whole life," he says. Platinum's script sometimes called for Brandy's character to treat Ross with contempt. "I apologized to her after every scene," says Brandy, echoing her father's awe. "I was like, 'Ms. Ross, I'm just doing...
When he refused to identify writers that he had met at a conference organized by socialists, Miller was cited for contempt of Congress...