Word: contemptibly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...happens that I have a nephew who is attorney general of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts," thundered Democratic Majority Leader John McCormack in the U.S. House of Representatives last fortnight. "Not so long ago, a federal judge in Boston threatened him with contempt of court. Well, anyone who declares war on the McCormacks ought to know that a McCormack is always ready to join the issue-and the war is on until peace terms have been offered by the one who declared the war." No sooner had McCormack sat down than Brooklyn Democrat Emanuel Celler, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee...
...before a certain deadline. Only nine of the towns made the deadline- and Wyzanski mistakenly decided that McCormack had somehow finagled the others out of their rights. He flew into a rage, insinuated that McCormack might "have a purely political and partisan purpose," and threatened the attorney general with contempt charges...
Earlier this week the University refused to allow the Student Council Forum Committee to sponsor Seeger's concert on the grounds that the singer was appealing his sentence for contempt of Congress and that "lawyers advise the University against getting involved in cases still pending in court...
...letter released yesterday to the Student Council Forum Committee, the University refused to allow the group permission to sponsor a concert by Seeger. The reasons listed were that "he was convicted last month for contempt of Congress, and that he has appealed his one-year sentence and his case is pending in a higher court." Dean Watson said Tuesday that "lawyers advise the University against getting involved in cases still pending in court...
...Howe emphasized last night, however, none of these objections came up during the fall of 1959 when Willard Uphaus spoke on the right of the individual to withhold information from the government. Uphaus was at that time awaiting sentence for contempt of court, and faced possible imprisonment for refusing to turn over World Fellowship guest lists to the New Hampshire attorney general...