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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Joseph Raymond McCarthy, 44, Wisconsin's junior Senator, tried hard last month to convince the public that "this isn't my case." But last week, by his own actions, Joe McCarthy left no doubt that he is the dispute's most prominent figure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MCCARTHY V. THE ARMY: The Men and the Issues | 5/3/1954 | See Source »

...McCarthy investigation. He recalled that Stevens had visited Schine's apartment in New York and later had been the guest of Schine's parents at dinner. He produced a photograph of the Army Secretary posing with Schine, by then in Army uniform. Sneered Jenkins: "Mr. Stevens, isn't it a fact that you were being especially nice and considerate and tender of this boy ... in order to dissuade the Senator from continuing his investigation of one of your departments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Third Day | 5/3/1954 | See Source »

...Faculty Isn't Consulted...

Author: By Richard A. Burgheim, | Title: Treasurer Cabot Invests $308,000,000 | 5/1/1954 | See Source »

...themselves. But out of this jumble come the author's poetry and his view of life. Perhaps the clearest statement of Thomas' feeling is given in Polly Garter's speech and the following stage direction. She surveys her past both ruefully and with an inner content, concluding, "Oh, isn't life a terrible thing, thank...

Author: By Arthur J. Langguth, | Title: A Humane Comedy | 4/29/1954 | See Source »

...York City, where 37,772 children were slated for the vaccine-or-what-not test, the technicalities of epidemiology and evaluation were too much for most parents. Many asked: "Isn't there any way I can be sure my child gets the real vaccine?" The answer, as firm as the foundation and health officials could make it: no. Two out of every hundred children participating, whether they are to be vaccinated or used as "observed" (meaning untreated) controls, will be asked to give blood before and after the inoculation program. That, too, is hard for many parents to accept...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Polio Pioneers | 4/26/1954 | See Source »

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