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Word: contemptibly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Greenwood: MFDP delegates Dewey Green and Mary Lane, given summonses to appear in court on Oct. 26. Some speculation that all 68 MFDP delegates may be charged with contempt of court for having disobeyed an earlier court order which enjoined the MFDP from functioning...

Author: By Peter Cummings, | Title: A Typical Week in Mississippi: COFO Hears of Many Incidents | 10/7/1964 | See Source »

...Utter Contempt. Another unkind cut was delivered by the Republican but anti-Goldwater New York Herald Tribune. In an article on Miller's career, the Trib disputed the claim made in his official biography that he "played a major role in the prosecution of Nazi war criminals during the famous trials at Nürnberg." Actually, Miller spent only four months with the War Crimes Office, performed nothing more major than examining captured war documents. Said Miller lamely: "I never claimed I was one of the trial lawyers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: On the Receiving End | 10/2/1964 | See Source »

...Moses' contempt for tokenism was central to the MFDP's rejection of the compromise. Moses contends: "We are not here to bring politics into civil rights. We are here to bring civil rights into politics...

Author: By Nancy Moran, | Title: The Politics of Civil Rights: | 9/25/1964 | See Source »

...Moses' contempt for tokenism was central to the MFDP's rejection of the compromise. Moses contends: "We are not here to bring politics into civil rights. We are here to bring civil rights into politics...

Author: By Nancy Moran, | Title: The Politics of Civil Rights: | 9/22/1964 | See Source »

...Temple University in 1953. He fought with the Marines in the Pacific in World War II, turned down a battlefield commission because "second lieutenants don't live long in the Marines." His career as an attorney is flecked with contention. He has been rebuked by judges, fined for contempt of court; both the city civil service commission and the state liquor control board have asked that he be barred from practicing before them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pennsylvania: The Goddam Boss | 9/11/1964 | See Source »

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