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Every federal defendant has, thus, long been entitled to a list of Government witnesses in order to decide what testimony he must rebut when he is accused of crimes punishable by death-including espionage. Thus, the Sokolov tactic could not have surprised the Government; in fact, the court had approved it a full year before the abortive trial in Brooklyn. Why the Government really dropped the case is yet to be determined...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Statutes: That Spy Loophole: A Deal or a Goof? | 10/16/1964 | See Source »

...next year, when he denounced the conservative, economy-minded ideas of Virginia's Democratic Senator Harry Byrd. In response, a score of Senators, both Democratic and Republican, stood up and, without even mentioning Humphrey's name, delivered themselves of glowing tributes to Byrd. When Hubert tried to rebut, the entire Senate walked out on him in as crushing a rebuke as any Senator has ever suffered. Later, Humphrey met Byrd by chance in a Senate elevator and remarked ruefully: "I may be a country boy from Minnesota, but I know when I've been run over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Man Who Quit Kicking the Wall | 9/4/1964 | See Source »

...rebut, Colorado Senator Peter Dominick slapped away Romney's oratory contemptuously, calling it "an impassioned plea on behalf of an amendment that doesn't mean an awful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Republicans: The Late Late Show | 7/24/1964 | See Source »

...your chest-Be hostile! Talk back to Brad Crandall, say the ads. And when they talk to Brad, people sometimes get so excited that they produce dialogue of spectacular improbability. "My father," shouted one man last week, "was not a black woman." No one could rebut that. But WNBC's Brad Crandall is ready to debate just about everything else on his nightly radio show. Anyone can call him up and exchange opinions on everything from civil rights to seat belts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Talk Man | 5/1/1964 | See Source »

...play to a Scott charge that Percy was tied in with Chicago Republicans who were controlled by the crime syndicate. A right-wing organization issued a scurrilous pamphlet titled, "Mercy, Mr. Percy," implying that Percy was soft on Communism. Percy retaliated with a strong position paper that served to rebut the charge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Elections: Percy's Pace | 4/24/1964 | See Source »

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