Word: contemptibly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...angry court order last week, Judge New blasted Editor Neal's comments as "disdainful, despicable, scur rilous and contemptuous." Nor did the order stop there: it sent the sheriff hustling to Neal's office to arrest him for criminal contempt of court - punishable in Indiana by up to three months' imprisonment and a $500 fine. Haling Neal to his courtroom, where four mounted animal heads gaze down impassively on the accused, Judge New set bail at a whopping...
...just moved to Hollywood, which explains the remarkable precision that organizes the lavishness in this film. The entirely American cast lends a flavor of New World comment on the European scene. This international cooperation in moviemaking was not to be seen again until very recently (Jean-Luc Godard's Contempt...
November--Sen. McCarthy calls Furry before his committee in New York. Furry, in his third appearance before a Congressional hearing, refuses to answer questions under the protection of the fifth amendment. McCarthy threatens him with contempt of Congress proceedings...
...January--Furry, testifying for the fourth time, changes tactics. He does not use the fifth amendment although he refuses to answer some questions. Kamin also refuses to answer questions relating to friends who had been Communists and, like Furry, doesn't take the fifth. McCarthy again threatens proceedings for contempt...
...Furry and Kamin are arraigned in Boston in January on contempt charges. Kamin is acquitted and the contempt citation against Furry is dismissed on the Kamin precedent...