Word: mccarthyism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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While the letters cast no doubts on Galbraith's loyalty and contained no suggestion of homosexuality, they nevertheless showed him as naive, overly trusting and unduly chummy with his lowly underling. Macmillan accepted his resignation, provoking anguished protests of "McCarthyism" and "guilt by association." Still, while Galbraith may or may not have been made a scapegoat, the fact remains that the British security system appears to be worthy of Colonel Barmitage...
...been the practice in the past for the liberal element in the Democratic Party to take the Republicans to task for aiding or even merely putting up with so-called "McCarthyism"--an admittedly loose term which usually means irresponsible allegations of Comunist Party affiliation or sentiment by political candidates in the context of a campaign for public office...
...McCarthyism is a rather nasty business, the Harvard football team learned Saturday. In the process of learning, Harvard lost to the Crusaders of Holy Cross...
...first brush with McCarthyism was thus scary, but indecisive. No one was certain Harvard had sufficient strength to withstand another attack. The answer came in the second quarter when Holy Cross scored 22 points in ten minutes...
...usual, Harvard presented a much better performance in the second half, but McCarthyism and the jarring tackles of Harvard backs continued unabated. After the game, Bill Grana reported his head was rining from the tackles. The cannon on the sidelines left fans' ears rining as it boomed twice in eight minutes for Holy Cross TDs in the third quarter...