Word: slanderer
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Catholics, the article contends, rarely take note of Protestant doings. But among Protestant sects, "there is seldom a convention or a conference held . . . when they do not pass resolutions and, Moscow-like, deliver a blast at [Catholics]." The Catholic Church, through the centuries, has become accustomed to "misrepresentation and slander. . . . She remains unperturbed, attends to her own business quietly and all the while gains ground while Protestantism loses...
...Publisher Cissie Patterson, 61, who publishes the biggest but not the best paper in the capital, has had insanity on her mind recently. Last week she spread her thoughts across eight columns, under the heading CRAZY-CRAZY LIKE FOXES. They added up to some of the most vicious personal slander since the days when all journalism was yellow...
...Here. His first Journal-American, column stated the new Cholly's credo: "I have the warmest sentiments for the Spotlighted Creatures to whose exploits, witticisms and 'modus vivendi' this space will be devoted. ... I frankly and firmly believe in Society. .. . Not prompted by any desire to slander the grand Old Guard ... I want to bring it back where it belongs-to full honors and to the headlines. . . . Society is here to stay...
Hurt and indignant, Padilla denounced his critics for "constant attacks and slander." The same day he resigned...
Sniffs & Snarls. Boss Crump is adept at pitching epithets without catching libel suits. He had his 1,700 words of vituperation-in which the word "rat" appeared 14 times, "liar" 20 times-read aloud in both houses of the Tennessee Legislature, a cleansing process by which slander becomes legally privileged. Then he sent the whole caboodle to the Tennessean by messenger...