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...Youngdahl of "astounding language" in his 1953 opinion (which cautioned against requiring "conformity in thought"). "The Government is not trying to put Lattimore's mind in a straitjacket," roared Rover. "We are trying to convict him for lying under oath." Youngdahl's 1953 opinion was "a gratuitous insult to the Government," he declared. "You picked out what was favorable to the defendant and left out what was unfavorable. I want a judge with an open mind and not a judge who has already expressed himself as Your Honor has done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE LAW: U.S. v. Youngdahl | 11/1/1954 | See Source »

Four House Dance Committee Chairmen last night blasted the Radcliffe Social Committee's plan for a Christmas Formal with stags invited, terming the plan an insult to undergraduate manhood...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Four Dance Chairmen Denounce Stag Plan for Radcliffe Formal | 10/28/1954 | See Source »

...blooper was not immediately apparent. The Associated Press did not put it on the wire for some eight hours, and the New York Times buried it at the bottom of a story. It took the C.I.O.'s Walter Reuther to discover that Charlie Wilson had delivered an insult without parallel to the American workingman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CAMPAIGN: Cove Cones | 10/25/1954 | See Source »

Upon examination, however, it is obvious that the admission price is both unfair and insulting to the Radcliffe freshmen. It is gross exploitation for the Key to make money on the poise, charm, and dancing ability of the girls who are the attraction for solvent Harvards. But this exploitation is nothing compared to the insult implicit in assessing at fifty cents an introduction to the girls possessing these gentle qualities. They would be cheap at twice the price...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: You Pays Your Money . . . | 9/27/1954 | See Source »

Cried the Manila Evening News: "The minimum sentence is an insult and bitter fruit for those who have suffered at his hands. It cannot help but invite the suspicion that the government has made a deal with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PHILIPPINES: A Mockery of Justice | 9/13/1954 | See Source »

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