Word: mccarthyism
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Since the heyday of McCarthyism, religious extremists have demonized atheism to the point where declaring one's non-belief is a bit like admitting to eating babies. This is why the vast majority of atheists and agnostics, who may outnumber all other non-Christian Americans put together, are secretive about their non-belief. Those who are public about their convictions often suffer...
...Crimson reappeared in 1946, but thefinancial rebirth was more difficult to achieve.The trustees absorbed the Service News' debt, butthe building needed renovation and a new heatingsystem. It managed to pull through in time togreet McCarthyism and the most intriguing time ofThe Crimson's history...
...senator criticized Totenberg's reporting and Totenberg in turn said Simpson's tactics smacked of McCarthyism...
...like Donna Reed waited for their honest, hard-working husbands in modest homes on safe, tree-lines street. Their children learned to ride their bicycles and played games with the neighbor's kids--even after sunset. Trouble lay just under the surface, of course: people had to confront racism, McCarthyism and sexism; they built bomb shelters and thought about the Cold War. For the most part, though, these things remained submerged...
Goodwin's tone is serious throughout: she treats her childish, five-year-old fears and reverence for Jackie Robinson with the same kind of gravity with which she later treats her perception of McCarthyism and the problems of adolescence. Bereft of landmarks that indicate change in maturity and voice, one never knows exactly how old Goodwin is at a given moment. On the other hand, growing up is indeed an invisible process--one is seldom conscious of growing older. Thus, the book's greatest problem is also that which lends it the most credibility...