Word: contemptibly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...acceptance of a new attitude does not assure success, of course. The Administration faces many obstacles in its effort to reduce the Far eastern crisis to manageable proportions. The Chinese communists have responded to the President's patience with contempt-once again they may have confused American desires for conciliation with weakness. The Chinese have apparently increased their preparations for an eventual assault on Formosa despite the American seventh Fleet patrol in the Formosa straits, and the dangers of an explosive incident are all too obvious. Although the Administration undoubtedly regards the new treaty with Chiang as purely defensive, there...
...places-at least those of them who were not out in the back room trying to cook up a deal to let Joe off. But later Watkins' Utah colleague, Republican Senator Wallace Bennett, a former president of the National Association of Manufacturers, announced that he would propose additional contempt action against McCarthy for abusing the Watkins committee...
Cornell University has relieved zoology tutor Marcus Singer, former Harvard instructor, of his teaching duties awaiting final disposition of his indictment on a charge of contempt of Congress. He will continue to receive his salary...
Singer will be arraigned in Washington D.C. on the contempt charge. Trial is scheduled to begin late in January or early February. Furry himself has been charged for contempt by the Senate for his testimony before the McCarthy Senate committee, but a grand jury indictment has not yet been returned...
...Furry cases are somewhat parallel, since both men admitted former Communist Party membership, but refused to name their associates. Singer relied on the Fifth Amendment for his defense, however, while Furry dropped the protection of the Amendment altogether in his testimony before the McCarthy committee. The maximum penalty for contempt of Congress is one year in prison, or a $1000 fine, or both