Word: patelis
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...Ragmop" and numberless others-who were constantly seeking to brainwash the G.I.s and undermine their allegiance. Aiding the Communists, the witnesses testified, were the G.I. "progressives," and one of their leaders was Sergeant Gallagher. Opposing them in the psychological struggle were G.I. "reactionaries," led by Sergeant Lloyd W. Pate of Augusta, Ga., also a Regular, who used both oral argument and force to keep wavering Americans loyal. "What do you mean by force?" demanded the trial counsel of Sergeant Pate. "Why, sir," the leader of the reactionaries replied, "you just beat the hell...
...favor and food from the Reds. Gallagher helped run the "Red Star" study group on Communism; he lectured P.W.s on "Wall Streeters and capitalistic imperialists" and wrote leaflets urging U.S. troops in the line to surrender. Gallagher, said witnesses, advised one of the Chinese officers to shoot Sergeant Pate and the reactionaries. One of the witnesses remarked that Gallagher once sold him a plate of beans and corn to add to his daily half cup of grain for $5; the heart of Sgt. Gallagher, said this witness, was "mean and cruel...
Livid with rage, his eyes bulging behind their glasses, sweat gleaming on his bald pate. Léon Martinaud-Déplat took the rostrum to answer. "The passion which has been expressed here, the hate on certain faces," he cried, "is plain for all to see." He sneered at the "new left," which. he said, goes from sectarianism to collectivism, with a whiff of Gaullism. Some of his speech could hardly be heard over a chorus of whistles, groans, boos and shouts of "Resign, resign...
...Cannafax, who would pull a knife and stab himself in his wooden leg when his game went bad. Everyone knew how to sneeze, scratch, or reach for a towel just as his rival was shooting. But few could imitate bald Onofrio Lauri, who was often accused of polishing his pate and reflecting the table lights into his opponents' eyes...
Colorado's brainy Republican Senator Eugene Millikin sat, hands clasped limply, looking rather glum, and listened to testimony before the Joint Congressional Atomic Energy Committee in Washington. His bald pate was partly mantled by a neatly folded handkerchief, which Millikin did not bother to explain. But two days later, he landed in a hospital with a bad head cold...