Word: contemptibly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...with the prevailing patterns of anti-intellectualism in our day. Such conformity may be part of the pattern by which our people have in all things sought to demonstrate how thoroughly American they are. In any case, it is unfortunate both for us and for America. Such a suspicious contempt for the intellectual life is far from being a Catholic phenomenon. It is a kink in the American character generally. It is the more unbecoming in Catholics, however, because it is so utterly out of harmony with any authentic
Contrary to the notion that he had a reactionary's contempt for the working classes, he saw in them the nation's strength in crisis. Once he wrote: "It will be the third-class carriages that'll save...
...indictments against slot-machine operators and liquor racketeers. The same year she landed in trouble when she interviewed the widow of a Negro during the trial of five white men charged with killing him. Since the widow was a witness in the case, the judge found Editor Smith in contempt of court, told her: "I realize you are putting on a great campaign for law and order, but if you read history, you will see that the only Perfect Being did not make much of a hit with His reform." Editor Smith appealed the decision to the State Supreme Court...
Judge Bailey Aldrich '28 may not reach a final verdict in Leon J. Kamin's trial for contempt of Congress until January. After oral arguments on Friday, he gave prosecution and defense attorneys until Dec. 7 to write briefs summarizing their cases. He also referred to the possibility of rebuttal briefs, which would take at least a week to prepare...
...similar case in Washington, D.C., federal judge Joseph C. McGarraghy rendered his verdict three weeks after briefs were filed. Like Aldrich, without a jury, McGarraghy was trying a contempt of Congress case involving Senator Joseph R. McCarthy's Investigations Sub-committee...