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Word: potterer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...unwarranted attack." Matthews said that he had written it several months ago, and would not have done so if he had known he would be appointed by the committee. McCarthy said that the article was "hardly an attack upon the Protestant clergymen." Michigan's Republican Senator Charles E. Potter (whose vote would give anti-Matthews members of the seven-man committee a majority) announced that it was his "present" opinion that Matthews should be fired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: Uncheckable Charge | 7/13/1953 | See Source »

...Garrison, Ike was taken on a tour of the dam site and shown a scale model of the project. One of his Army Engineers guides, General William Potter, remarked that perhaps such models should be sent around the country so the people could see what they were getting for their money. Half grinning, the President snorted: "Did you ever stop to think that if they find out, they may stop you some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Back to the Source | 6/22/1953 | See Source »

...marine, like an old soldier, always finds something to gripe about. So Lieut. Colonel James Potter Rathbun promptly found something wrong with Washington, D.C. when he was ordered there for duty at the Marine Corps Institute. His gripe was novel, even for a marine. The fishing was terrible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Charted Fish | 6/8/1953 | See Source »

RICHARD J. POTTER...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, may 18, 1953 | 5/18/1953 | See Source »

...marvel at his [Potter's] sense of restraint. This man is a noble American citi zen, a soldier in World War II. He lost both legs. He went down to the shadow of the valley of death, and to sit here and hear these stories ... of the crooks under you . . . you employed the crooks and gangsters, gave them your benediction; I marvel at his restraint. There are many more millions who hate this crowd. I say damn the crowd. And I say it to you! If I had my way, I would kick you out of the union! What...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: Standoff | 5/11/1953 | See Source »

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