Word: mccarthyism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...fight the wars; they are the ones who can refuse to furnish the brains needed for exploitation. They are the only ones who can end the university-military-political alliance. My generation no longer has the vitality for effective action even if we have the willingness. The cold war, McCarthyism and affluence have sapped our strength. There is only fear, frustration and impotence. We are effectively disenfranchised...
Silent on McCarthyism...
...theGlobehas at least temporarily resumed an editorial policy of neutrality regarding candidates, they are prepared to take flak from readers on issues. The same paper that remained silent on McCarthyism for fear of losing readers was one of the first papers to come out against...
...play changes shape in the eye and era of the beholder. When Tiger at the Gates was written in 1935, the shadow of Hitler fell across the world and darkened the significance of Jean Giraudoux' drama. In its first U.S. production in 1955, the menace of McCarthyism seemed to be echoed in the play. Doubtless the mentors of Manhattan's Lincoln Center now see this tragic confrontation between the Greeks and the Trojans as a cautionary parable of the U.S. commitment in Viet Nam, though the analogy is wrenchingly sophomoric. The sad fact is that Tiger cannot carry...
...more vital, by virtue of the perplexing image which President Pusey projects to students. Over and over again we are told that he is an idealist, a man of great devotion to principle. It was Pusey's backing, we are told, which allowed Provost Buck to stand up to McCarthyism at a time when other Universities faltered. He waged a fight against the NDEA disclaimer oath which was dangerous and costly to the University. At the time of the Dow demonstration, he vigorously denounced interference with individual freedom of movement...