Word: impugn
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...crossexamination, Bailey tried to impugn Berzins, wondering sarcastically how the witness could even have been sure that the person who dropped and retrieved the ammunition had been female...
...well under congressional fire that he managed to win over many of his opponents. In the House debate last week, Minority Leader John Rhodes said that Rocky had been "probed, provoked, tried, tested and observed from virtually every conceivable angle and perspective." Yet nothing had come out to impugn his character. While acknowledging that he still had reservations about Rocky's lavish gifts to public officeholders, Judiciary Committee Chairman Peter Rodino argued that such misgivings were outweighed by the "totality of this man's experience, the totality of his dedication and talents...
Monsignor Eugene V. Clark, a spokesman for Cardinal Cooke of the New York archdiocese, fired off a heated telegram of protest to President Ford, demanding that Butz "apologize immediately or resign." A chastened Butz is sued a statement saying that his gaffe "was not intended to impugn the motives or the integrity of any religious group, ethnic group or religious leader...
...admit that the conversation had occurred at a time when, by his own claim, he was telling Nixon "all the truth"-an allusion to his revelations to the President about Watergate. Dean's acknowledgment of the omission was a minor victory for the defense in its attempt to impugn his credibility...
Shapiro does his best to impugn Berryman's performance. But even Shapiro's article includes such descriptions by students of Berryman as "a genial, compassionate man with an interest in students" and "effective, accessible to students and a hard worker." The charge that Shapiro musters against Berryman--the sole specific charge--is that he "knew 'next to nothing' about the regulations pertaining to Independent Work projects as late as November." If that constitutes a Crimson expose...