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...North Carolina he damned Carter as "a liar" for not supporting him at the 1972 Democratic Convention after promising to do so-a pledge that Carter convincingly denies ever making. In the manner of Joseph McCarthy's tactics, Wallace said that there were "between 75 and 100 people who worked for McGovern," including a "card-carrying McGovern liberal," in Carter's camp. But he only named three (Fund Raiser Morris Dees, Pollster Pat Codell and Illinois Chairman of the Carter Campaign James Wall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Wallace: What Else Could He Do? | 3/29/1976 | See Source »

...death threats of the Symbionese Liberation Army to take part in the robbery of a branch of San Francisco's Hibernia Bank. Then came the climactic moment of the trial as U.S. Attorney James L. Browning Jr. began cross-examining Patty to try to show she was a liar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRIALS: Patty's Long Ordeal on the Stand | 3/1/1976 | See Source »

...Chinese get by talking alone. Yet "struggling" is a pretty exhausting process mentally, if not physically. The victim sits surrounded by his fellow inmates, head bowed, as they hurl phrases like "Down with the obstinate prisoner" or "Confess or face the consequences." Sometimes forbidden words, "liar," "scum" or "son of a bitch" slip in--and the gang's abuse is too relentless for comedy. Even a strong-willed victim's only out is to pretend to confess sincerely, and the realization that he must acquiesce to struggling eventually makes him as complacent as one who could never resist...

Author: By Anemona Hartocollis, | Title: Reform Through Labor | 2/19/1976 | See Source »

...paper's targets have included Dwight Eisenhower ("that stinking hypocrite"), John Kennedy ("the No. 1 liar in the U.S.A."), Henry Kissinger ("Kissinger the Kike") and Edmund Muskie, who was driven to tears-and a fatally poor showing-during the state's 1972 presidential primary by a Union Leader description of his wife Jane as a heavy drinker with a fondness for gamy jokes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Loeb Blow | 1/12/1976 | See Source »

...landslide election to a $400-per-week job as the local's director of organizers. Meanwhile, his father fired a few parting shots in the December issue of Playboy, which had interviewed him before he vanished on July 30. "The only guy who needs a bodyguard is a liar, a cheat, a guy who betrays friendship," Jimmy told Playboy's reporter. "Never was afraid in my life and don't intend to start tomorrow. Who's gonna bother...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Nov. 24, 1975 | 11/24/1975 | See Source »

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