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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Coming from a Southern state, it was a matter of survival. In 1954, Fulbright did show real political courage by voting alone in the Senate against funding Senator Joseph McCarthy's Red-chasing sprees. Fulbright called McCarthy "an animal" for his excesses; in return, he was dubbed "Senator Halfbright...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The Professor of Restraint | 6/10/1974 | See Source »

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