Word: loyal
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...careful in this field, where a man's reputation can be destroyed by accusations of Communist affiliation, to distinguish between an individual who is a voluntary participant in the Communist conspiracy and one who innocently may have had contact with it. It is altogether possible that a completely loyal American might have joined a well-concealed Communist front or even two. When he joins a considerable number indiscriminately a grave question as to his judgment arises...
...American won the annual Patriots' Day Marathon, a grind of 26 miles and 385 yards winding from suburban Hopkinton to the finish line at Exeter Street in downtown Boston. This year, after a decade of watching Japanese, Koreans and Finnish runners wallop America's best, loyal Bostonians saw a chance for victory. There were no entrants from Japan or Korea, and the Finns were represented by a pair of solemn runners who ranked no better than fifth and sixth in their own marathon-happy country...
...shall inform my colleagues that the action you have taken here is tyrannous. I shall also tell them that they should wear their censure proudly as a badge of torture given by a tyrant." Added Frederic Heimberger, professor of political science at Ohio State: "As a member and loyal supporter of the A.A.U.P. for 25 years, I am shocked and dismayed by this action. There was not the slightest semblance of a fair hearing...
...Nationalist diplomats expressed consternation, Herbert Hoover politely withdrew. His statement, he said last week, was "in error." He added: "There is no evidence of direct commercial contact between Nationalist China and Communist China, or of a trade in strategic items directly or indirectly . . . Parenthetically, I know of no more loyal ally...
...that the Stevenson defeat was the work of conspiring Republicans who crossed over and voted for Kefauver in an effort to destroy Stevenson, Humphrey and Freeman. If the Republicans who voted Democratic were angry enough to bolt their party on the farm issue, the same Republicans were not so loyal that they conspired to destroy the Democratic leadership...