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Word: contemptibly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Though Furry was retained by the Corporation last May, the case could be put into question any day should McCarthy carry through his threat to cite him for contempt...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Faculty Commends Officers' Courage, Patience | 6/17/1954 | See Source »

...alleged contempt occurred when Furry and Kamin dropped their Fifth Amendment shields on questions about themselves, but refused to talk about others in their appearance before the McCarthy Committee in January...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Faculty Commends Officers' Courage, Patience | 6/17/1954 | See Source »

Fellow airmen called him "Earthquake McGoon"-the burly, black-browed man with the big laugh and the outspoken contempt for the quiet life. Earthquake was born to trouble and hairbreadth escapes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Earthquake's War | 5/17/1954 | See Source »

...contempt of Charles, which rivals could easily carry to the King, that brought Buckingham down. His estates squandered, he died (1687), stripped of his honors, in a farmhouse bedroom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Bucks & Rocks | 5/17/1954 | See Source »

...Velde House Un-American Activities Committee cited for Contempt of Congress Marcus Singer, a former assistant professor of Anatomy at the Medical School, according to the Cornell Daily...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Velde Committee Names M. Singer | 5/6/1954 | See Source »

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