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...homefront, the political air was full of accusations of communism, fueled by reports from the House Committee on Un-American Affairs. President Truman contests some of the findings, calling one a "red herring." But nearly two million federal employees are investigated, causing more than 500 to resign and nearly 100 to be dismissed...
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Senate majority leader Bob Dole, disabled from war wounds to his right shoulder and arm, has protested. Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin (No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Homefront in World War II) says putting F.D.R. in a wheelchair "would be one of the most powerful parts of the memorial...
...Melrose Place does have something that sets it apart from most of the failed prime-time soap operas of recent years: modest goals. The show does not set out to capture a historical era (Homefront) or reproduce the glitzy New York high life (Tattinger's) or create a parable about going home again (Angel Falls). The characters on Melrose Place have a bland, modern universality. Indeed, watching the show again for the first time since its debut, one is struck by how the personnel have blended together. There was once a black neighbor (Vanessa Williams); she has moved away. Michael...