Word: smear
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Boston's Dr. Maurice Fremont-Smith has given a vaginal smear test as a matter of course to nearly all his new women patients for more than five years. Eleven out of 704 showed positive, and one of these proved false. Of the ten who had cancer, seven had the disease in such an early stage that prompt treatment gave them a 90% (or better) chance of surviving five years, and a 65% chance of living ten years. In ordinary practice, most cases of cervical cancer are diagnosed so late that only two victims out of five...
Lashing out at what he termed "the smear element" in the Eisenhower campaign, Harriman particularly challenged the General on the corruption issue. "Corruption should not be attributed solely to the Democratic Party. Few of those men under suspicion are Democratic appointees. Corruption is not the main issue of this campaign. Rather it is foreign policy with which we should be concerned...
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Harriman cited the General's recent use of "Harvard" in a derogatory manner as an example of the type of smear and "word association" campaign Eisenhower is running...
...contrast, Harriman had high praise for Stevenson and his "intelligent, forthright campaign." "I have the greatest confidence in Stevenson and the men around him. It is unfortunate that men like Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. have to undergo abusive smear attacks." he stated...