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...freedom they share, enjoy and abuse, and curse the resisters of totalitarian aggression (and it is irrelevant whether the aggressors are North Vietnamese, South Vietnamese or Eskimos, whether their aggression takes the form of a frontal assault, blitzkrieg, treacherous tactics or the barbarous slaughtering of innocents), and dishonor the noble flag under which millions have been and are being saved from tyranny for the fourth time this century-one can only marvel in alarm at the subtle efficiency with which international Communism has succeeded in corrupting the thinking and moral fiber of so many and enlisting them in a cause...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 9, 1967 | 6/9/1967 | See Source »

Reno's life from that day forward was a dismal descent into dishonor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Historical Notes: Reno's Last Stand | 5/12/1967 | See Source »

...understatement in the document's conclusion. The six-member Committee on Standards and Conduct unanimously recommended that the Senate censure the Connecticut Demo crat for behavior that is "contrary to good morals, derogates from the public trust expected of a Senator, and tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Congress: The Undoing of Dodd | 5/5/1967 | See Source »

There was a time in Japanese history when the merest hint of personal dishonor would set a samurai to sharpening his hara-kari sword. Not so in postwar Japan, where the old concept of face has taken on a new pragmatic wrinkle. Last week Premier Eisaku Sato, 65, whose Liberal Democratic government lies wreathed in a "black mist" of Cabinet-level scandal (TIME, Nov. 4) went on television and told a nationwide audience: "It is regrettable that my administration and party have invited public distrust for lack of moral standards. The main thing is that I, as the responsible person...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan: Old Face, New Wrinkle | 12/2/1966 | See Source »

...newspaper advertisement supporting Johnson's policy in Viet Nam while Kupferman said that the U.S. should get out of Viet Nam "as soon as possible." Lehman withdrew his name from a second pro-Johnson ad. Kupferman explained hastily that it would be "unthinkable" for the U.S. to dishonor its commitment. Each accused the other of "flipflopping" as they came out shoulder to shoulder in favor of continuing the war and all-out efforts to seek peace. In 1964 Lindsay got 71.5% of the vote and ran 91,000 ahead of his closest opponent. The plurality this time figures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New York: Campaign by Consensus | 2/4/1966 | See Source »

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