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...creation of a national anti-communist hysteria, then clearly Weinstein's research and that of Hiss and the Meeropols will not simply serve to satisfy a historical curiosity. The means by which the investigative arm of the Justice Department obtained information during this period, certainly one of the darkest in American history, the pressures--personal or political--applied which turned a large number of ordinary people into informers, are essential to an understanding of this second and devastating "red scare...
...scarcely news that the economy is climbing out of recession; but last week brought fresh evidence that the recovery, at least for the moment, is proceeding faster than expected and some of the darkest clouds hanging over it are dispersing.The signs...
Perhaps the family's darkest hours descended when six S.L.A. members perished in the Los Angeles Shootout, and it took agonizing time for all the charred bodies to be identified and to be sure that Patty's was not among them. When it was clear that Patty was alive, the San Francisco Examiner-of which Randolph Hearst was the editor and publisher-ran a Page One editorial calling for her surrender. Because of the shootout, the Hearsts were afraid that Patty might be harmed if she was captured by authorities. Mrs. Hearst entered a hospital suffering from...
...also the intricacies of private bargaining. Born in Brooklyn, where his father ran a printing plant, he holds a master's degree in international labor relations from Columbia University and has worked for the Government teaching collective bargaining procedures to union leaders in Turkey. Even at the darkest moments, he is able to retain a sense of humor. When asked last week what would happen when the negotiators reached a midnight deadline that Mayor Beame had set, he answered, "I turn into a pumpkin, what else...
...success of A Man and a Woman (1966), he has in fact made at least two witty, true love stories (Love Is a Funny Thing and Happy New Year). In And Now My Love. Lelouch starts to equal them, then turns away and instead reconfirms everyone's darkest thoughts about his unregenerate slickness...