Word: misconducted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...good people are united in their hatred of oppression and their faith in social progress. Their eccentricities and personal misconduct (especially of a sexual nature) are viewed indulgently, so long as they retain this essential faith. On the other hand, the slightest expression of intolerance on the part of a captain of industry is regarded as incipient Fascism...
...Chamber last June to denounce the President for a series of articles he had written for the U.S. press (TIME, July 12), he was asking for real trouble. Under Argentina's battered constitution, members of Congress may be expelled by a two-thirds vote for "gross misconduct." Sammartino's Peronista enemies decided that "gross misconduct" included offenses against presidential dignity...
...Lawson's character and political beliefs were not at issue. He refused to see The Jolson Story or any of the other Lawson films which the defense had stacked in cans outside the courtroom door. And he indignantly brushed aside a defense contention that he was guilty of misconduct in asking the purpose of the Thomas Committee's inquiry, which the defense contended would "bias" the jury against Lawson...
...sued Sonia for divorce. The justice in the case, the Hon. Sir Hubert Wallington, saw no cause to doubt the Major's testimony that Sonia and Chisman had been in bed together. But, on Sonia's testimony that there had been no misconduct, he denied the divorce. After all, as he explained, "I have seen the wife and Chisman, and know their ages and antecedents. They have nothing in common except their mutual interest in horses...
...minutes to go, Forward Buddy O'Connor lashed in the winning goal. In Manhattan next night, Les Canadiens brought their local color along. While winning again and clinching first place, they engaged in Madison Square Garden's liveliest hockey riot in many a year (partial score: three misconduct penalties, an obstreperous fan's bald pate creased...