Word: rampant
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...would appease Russia at every turn. They do not remember that such obvious moves as the Greek-Turkish Aid program and opposition to Tito's thrust for Trieste aroused the bitterest condemnation. Few remember the Henry Wallace speech attacking Truman for war-mongering. Indeed, in the light of the rampant leftism of the times, Truman deserves congratulations, and not abuse, for adopting the course...
...enemies. They caricatured and distorted him before the public, but they understood him very well. Taft was against the spread of federal power; his welfare bills gave jurisdiction to the states. He stood in the way of collectivists of all varieties,-from the creeping to the rampant. He was against their kind of progress...
...Senator from Missouri warned that in opposing the menace of Communism "America cannot shut its eyes to the fact that fear has become rampant in our own country; not only the fear of Communism but also fear of some of those engaged in searching out and uncovering Communists...
Call Me Madam was a good topical musical. Now as an historical motion picture, it is even better. For Call Me Madam was filmed as a part of the past--1951, when Harry Truman was entrenched in the White House and Perle Mesta rampant in Luxembourg. As contemporary satire, the Broadway version lacked bite; now, as a glossy tuneful bit of history, the film lacks nothing...
...cannot sympathize with the educators who oppose congressional investigations of Communism in the universities [TIME, Feb. 23]. It seems to be the opinion of many that Communism is rampant among the nation's teachers. If this is not true, there is nothing to fear, but an investigation to determine the truth of these allegations is an infringement on no one's rights. Did it never occur to our educators that these suspicions would be quickly dispelled if they would cooperate freely with the investigators and even invite them to their campuses? People with nothing to hide...