Word: overthrowing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...outcry grew any louder, State hastily worked out a makeshift compromise. All those whom the Times described as "undeniable totalitarians" -whatever that meant-would be barred from the U.S. But a distinction would be made between citizens of a "nominal" totalitarian government, and individuals whose aim it is to overthrow the U.S. government. That still left all borderline cases up in the air. But it was the best that State could do-at least until Congress returns in November for another look...
...first on my personal black list is Robert Montgomery. He is a Republican, and next to Socialists, Baptists and jugglers, I hate Republicans. I have positive inside information that these dangerous subversives are trying to overthrow our Government. Giving up Mr. Montgomery is a considerable sacrifice, because he is a fine actor...
...weakest passage in the speech was the expression of a hope-which Dean Acheson has often expressed before-that the Soviet leaders may yet turn into good little boys. Said he: "It is but 33 years since the overthrow of the Czarist regime in Russia. This is a short time in history. Like many other social and political movements before it, the Soviet Revolution may change. In so doing, it may rid itself of the policies which now prevent the Soviet Union from living as a good neighbor with the rest of the world...
...Today we face most acutely the threat of the Communist movement, international in scope, directed from a central source and committed to the overthrow of democratic institutions throughout the world," the President's message said. "The good sense of the American people [has] utterly rejected the false political appeal of Communism . . . The real dangers . . . come . . . from espionage, sabotage and the building up of an organization dedicated to the destruction of our Government by violent means...
...Which makes it a felony to teach and advocate the violent overthrow...