Word: outspokenly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Fellow airmen called him "Earthquake McGoon"-the burly, black-browed man with the big laugh and the outspoken contempt for the quiet life. Earthquake was born to trouble and hairbreadth escapes...
Among men who hate McCarthy most, none has been more outspoken than Herman ("Hank") Greenspun, 44, publisher of the Las Vegas Sun (circ. 11,034). His fight with the Senator reached the boiling point in 1952 when McCarthy, speaking in Las Vegas, referred to Greenspun as a "confessed ex-Communist." At that Greenspun, who was in the audience, elbowed his way to the platform as McCarthy made for the exit. McCarthy later corrected himself: what he had meant to say was "ex-convict," for in 1950 Greenspun was convicted and fined $10,000 for violating the Neutrality Act by running...
NEWS: Gerald W. Johnson (of Baltimore's WAAM-TV), for "his profound sense of political history, his graceful literary style, and his outspoken courage...
...positive side, Pearson was more outspoken in his support of the defense policies of the Western alliance. He fully backed the U.S. in rejecting the Soviet proposal for NATO membership (see FOREIGN NEWS). Said Pearson: "Falling into such an obvious [propaganda] trap would, of course, be dangerous. We must be prepared to examine Soviet proposals . . . whenever there seems any prospect that negotiations may prove fruitful, but we must do this while maintaining policies which we have adopted with our friends . . . for our collective defense...
...Democratic Chairman J. Monroe ("Steamboat") Johnson. 75, both for patronage reasons and to put in a younger chairman. So far, Johnson refuses to budge. Actually, Johson is one of the most vigorous and effective men at ICC, within the limitations of the agency's regulations. He can be outspoken when he thinks the railroads are falling down on the job, but pushes harder than anyone to get rate decisions through when the railroads need them. The big trouble is that the ICC needs more than just a highballing chairman...