Word: passione
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...three judges of the ninth federal circuit court of appeals found themselves in emphatic agreement. ". . . However hard and disagreeable may be the test in times of popular passion and excitement," they wrote, "it is the duty of the courts to set their faces like flint against . . . erosive subversion of the judicial process...
...judges well knew, they were indeed running counter to .popular passion. The third judge on the appeals court, Clifton Mathews, dissented tartly: "The danger here suggested is not a fanciful one. The ability of Bridges and his I.L.W.U. to paralyze Pacific Coast shipping has been demonstrated more than once." In the Senate, North Dakota's loudmouth William Langer demanded a congressional investigation of federal judges to see if any are Communists or fellow travelers. The decision was also too much for plodding, verbose F. Joseph ("Jiggs") Donohue, the special Department of Justice prosecutor who got Bridges convicted. "God help...
...fearing Mississippi farmer is seized by temptation and driven to murder; a taut little novel of crime & passion (TIME, July...
Follow Me Down, by Shelby Foote. How a God-fearing Mississippi farmer is seized by temptation and driven to mūrder; a taut little novel of crime & passion (TIME, July...
Follow Me Down, by Shelby Foote. How a God-fearing Mississippi farmer is seized by temptation and driven to murder; a taut little novel of crime & passion. (TIME, July...