Word: hissing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Alger Hiss," he whispered huskily, "is a brilliant man. Everything he has ever done is pure, wholesome, clean, fine. Do you think that Alger Hiss would ... prostitute his great career . . . ? This isn't a case, it's an outrage...
Stryker faced Hiss. His voice was choked with emotion. "Alger Hiss," he said hoarsely, "this long nightmare is drawing to a close. Rest well. Your case, your life, your liberty is in good hands." The summation had taken just over four hours...
...year assistant U.S. attorney, and an unknown. Throughout most of the trial his conduct had been pedestrian and plodding. Now, in his summation, he surprised everyone. He marshaled his facts impressively. He matched sarcasm with Stryker, and outdid him. When he was through, the issue was no longer Hiss's word against Chambers'; it was Hiss's word against an impressive structure of evidence...
Murphy turned and pointed to the Government table. There, side by side, were the Woodstock typewriter, copies of the State Department documents which Chambers said Hiss had delivered to him, and the trial's testimony in four green-bound volumes. "There are the three solid witnesses in this case," said Murphy...
...Face. There were, he continued, three uncontradicted facts: 1) that Chambers had in his possession copies of secret State Department documents; 2) that these documents were all dated in the first three months of 1938; 3) that all but one of the typed documents were copied on the Hiss typewriter. With all "that country bumpkin stuff," the defense attorney had refuted none of these points...