Word: fiascos
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Maine's self-assured Senator Owen Brewster, whose investigation of Planemaker Howard Hughes was the fiasco of the summer, announced last week that when the tenure of his War Investigating Committee expires next January, it would not be renewed. Explained Brewster: "It was never the intention to continue the special committee. . . . The standing committees should take over these investigations...
...utmost moderation in the execution of the loyalty tests, the abuses inherent in the plan will go far to destroy an ideology while trying to protect it. Before the Attorney-General unwittingly sets off a modern version of the Salem witch hunts, he would do well to consider the fiasco that culminated in the Sacco-Vanzetti case after the first World...
Distracted by such attacks, shocked by the expense, the U.S. public might in the end withdraw its support. This was the greatest risk. If that happened, the Truman program might end in a fiasco, and Joe Kennedy's theory work out in reverse...
...Nazis tried to sweep the tables in World War II by Rommel's drive into Egypt. The Russians placed a tentative bet only a year ago, lost out with their fiasco in Azerbaijan, Iran. Now Russia has raised the ante by threatening Greece and Turkey. Last week, President Truman dealt in the U.S. - in a diplomatic way -by asking for a $400,000,000 loan to Greece and Turkey, accompanied by mili tary advisers and weapons (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS). The loud talk was all of Greece and Turkey, but the whispers be hind the talk were of the ocean...
Coach Bill Barclay, who predicts that Saturday night's finale against the Elis at the Boston Arena will bear no resemblance to the New Haven fiasco, plans no changes in his lineup. Steve Davis and Leo Page will pair at the forwards, George Hauptfuhrer will be at center, and Captain Saul Mariaschin and Bill Brady at the guards...