Word: contemptible
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Rankin's answer was that "the witness will be cited for contempt for refusal to answer questions and to produce documents in accordance with a subpoena." He told reporters, "I have never seen a witness treat a committee with more contempt...
...appearance before the house Committee on Un-American Activities ended yesterday in a blaze of accusations and counter-accusations as Shapley charged Representative John E. Rankin (D-Miss.), who sat as a one-ma committee to hear him as a witness, of "Gestapo." tactics and Rankin countered by announcing contempt action against the well-known scientist...
...veteran of 21 months service in the Pacific and a member of no veterans' organization, I want to register my contempt for ex-Legion Commander Stelle's demagoguery. His declaration that "the veteran comes first and the citizen second" reflects the state of thinking on which the bulk of the world's troubles rest. It is the condition of mind which seeks good only for self...
...only completely satisfactory performances are turned in by Erncst Truex as a broken-down old man whose dream of being a poet buoys him up in the face of financial ruin and contempt from his family, and by a charming little girl named Ann Jackson in the role of his daughter...
...Bright Day is jampacked with contempt for the unreal life of Hollywood. Nevertheless, Author Priestley manages to fit into his story a stirring boy-meets-girl romance, a stunning film star, and a gang of hearty Yorkshiremen that any Hollywood director would love to get his hands...