Word: proofing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...first of these two merely increases the penalties for what is already a crime. The second is an even vaguer absurdity than the opening definition of a "Communist organization." No proof of disloyalty would have to be adduced, only the proof that some program advocated by somebody might "substantially contribute" to the weakening of the country in some...
...adds up to an exacting job done under high-speed pressure-and Bob Boyd is the man for it. For one thing, he is 100-proof tireless. He suspects that the average man gets too much sleep, and claims that four or five hours a night is about right for himself. He is seldom, if ever, sick. He considers the onset of a common cold a personal affront, and has a theory that the way to lick it is to stay up and fight it. These attributes have had an astonishing effect on Boyd's staff. They...
...East] I was attacked by two sources-Izvestia and Senator McCarthy. Anyone who believes in the concept of guilt by association might draw some startling conclusions from this fact. However, I do not believe in the concept of guilt by association. I do believe that anyone who, without adequate proof, levels a charge of conscious or ignorant support of Communism ... at an official of the United States Government, is irresponsible...
Before it finally approved the bill establishing a National Science Foundation, the House had grafted on a few amendments calculated to keep the new agency as spy-proof as the Union League Club. It seemed a worthy ambition and one that only the Daily Worker could possibly object to. But last week the House found its version of the bill under heated attack by none other than...
...were the merriest creatures . . . and kept chattering without the least invitation . . . From the waist upwards they are generally naked, and it seemed to be a custom to anoint these parts every morning . . . They are seldom disturbed by either foreign or domestic troubles [and] appeared healthy, strong and vigorous-a proof of the goodness of the climate in which they live...