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...editors of Christianity and Crisis fear that Billy Graham's scheduled crusade in Manhattan [TIME, March 12] will embarrass or further prejudice against religion "the modern 'enlightened' but morally sensitive man," let them conduct their own crusade. If they feel that their message is more relevant to the broader social issues of the day, and they are better able to discern the real sins of such a Babylon as Manhattan, let them come out of the editorial sanctuary and tell what they know...
...gentleman and Hoosier, I resent your publishing an article in your Feb. 27 issue about "Blabbin Bill" and placing it under the heading Indiana. If you want to make Senator William Jenner's followers ashamed of themselves for supporting such a smart aleck-all right, but why embarrass the rest...
...wrote, may have been "my recommendation made in January [1951] that a treason trial be instituted to break up a spy ring responsible for the purloining of my top-secret reports to Washington." This recommendation, he suggested pointedly, probably seemed to Truman a politically inspired "red herring" designed to embarrass the Administration. But in fact, MacArthur theorized, Red China would never have risked troops in Korea without advance information that its Manchurian bases would be immune from U.S. attack. Likely "links in the chain to our enemy in Korea": British Spies Guy Burgess, then a member of Britain...
...letter to L. Quincy Mumford, Librarian of Congress, Coolidge said, "I want you to know directly from me that I regard the matter as closed, at least for the present. Any sort of reconsideration at this time would embarrass the person to whom the appointment has been offered and would be greatly to the disadvantage of the foundation...
...every $1 the Soviets promise. It is directing a diplomatic offensive. But on the psychological front the United States is on the defensive. Washington spends its time reacting to Soviet actions and Soviet propaganda, while the Soviets are busy turning up new schemes to embarrass the West. Moscow is waging psychological warfare day and night in Europe, Asia, Africa, bluntly, blatantly, busily...