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When he refused to identify writers that he had met at a conference organized by socialists, Miller was cited for contempt of Congress...

Author: By Kevin E. Meyers, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Miller Recounts McCarthy Era, Origins of "The Crucible" | 5/12/1999 | See Source »

...time. Toasting the British leader at Yalta in February 1945, Joseph Stalin said, "I can think of no other instance in history where the future of the world depended on the courage of one man." Without that one man, whose abhorrence of tyranny was matched by his contempt for its appeasers, the second half of the century would have become a Nazi-dominated nightmare. That the world witnessed instead the triumph of democracy, the defeat of totalitarianism (including the downfall of Stalin's own empire) and the emergence of new nations--not least the rebirth of Israel--must be attributed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME 100: Who Should Be Named Person of the Century? | 5/10/1999 | See Source »

...cloud of my contempt lifted, I could think rationally about setting some limits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Learning to Love Zelda | 5/10/1999 | See Source »

...Starr's surprising testimony on Capitol Hill doesn't kill the law by itself, the verdict two days earlier in Susan McDougal's trial should help. Acquitted of an obstruction-of-justice charge, and with the jury deadlocked on two criminal-contempt counts, McDougal claimed victory after a five-week trial that became a debate over Starr's tactics and motives. According to jurors, Starr was unable to persuade even a majority of the panel that McDougal had refused to cooperate with his Whitewater grand jury. Better news for Starr came later that day in Little Rock, Ark., when federal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Starr's Last Gasps | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

Clinton has been in contempt of court for 3873 minutes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Minutes | 4/15/1999 | See Source »

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