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...large, unruly audience jammed Jordan Hall to jeer and laugh, Robert Welch, the founder of the John Birch Society, last night defended his organization against "ludicrous, ridiculous, and rotten" charges of "secrecy and bigotry...

Author: By Bruce L. Paisner, | Title: Robert Welch Defends Birchers As Large Crowd Jeers, Laughs | 10/29/1962 | See Source »

...freedom by winning a big race for the greater glory of the Guv'nor, the lad leads the way right up to the finish line-and stops. Why? Because he suddenly makes up his mind that if he has to play the game according to the rotten inhuman rules laid down by The Establishment, he would rather not play...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Borstal Boycott | 10/26/1962 | See Source »

That four-letter word kept echoing in Scranton's ears. The regular Republican organization went right ahead and backed a colorless party trooper for Governor. Ike was furious. He was quoted as calling it "a miserable ticket," a "goddam rotten setup." By now, the pressure was really on Scranton. He finally agreed to run for Governor-but only on the incredible condition that all 67 of the state's brawling county chairmen endorse him. To his vast surprise, they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Bitter Battle | 10/19/1962 | See Source »

...iron shackles; dark, damp cells; rotten rice; and 48 kinds of U.S.-designed torture fail to away the prisoners." The imperialists whip one Communist stalwart into unconsciousness. When he revives, he tells his captors: "Beat and torture me as you like! These are our Party secrets. You will never get anything from me." Presently, after many such thrilling incidents, our Communists escape...

Author: By Lawrence W. Feinberg, | Title: The Peking Season | 10/1/1962 | See Source »

...members of Mosley's neo-Fascist Union Movement, chanting: "Jews out! Jews out!" When Leader Mosley appeared, the jeering crowd surged toward him and knocked him to the ground. Struggling to his feet, the 65-year-old sometime M.P. mounted an open truck amid a hail of rotten fruit and heavy English pennies (which were seldom so wasted in Depression days). Before he could open the meeting, the brawl was on. Within minutes, Mosley was led away under heavy police escort, while grim-faced bobbies arrested...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Great Britain: Lebensraum for Oswald | 8/10/1962 | See Source »

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