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Fortunately the time when Time could sneer has come to an end. A magazine has finally gathered the facts and published them in a compendium of the China Lobby's growth, personnel, activities, and connections. In its latest issues, The Reporter has proven the Lobby's presence on the Washington landscape and has detailed its attempts to further the cause of Chiang-kai Shek. The articles published so far lack the invective, the denunciatory tone, and the indignant cries of betrayal that one might expect in a treatment of so controversial a subject, and instead permits the facts to render...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Black Dragon | 4/8/1952 | See Source »

...some critics carp and sneer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Ah, Travel | 3/24/1952 | See Source »

...immoral, Stassen as "irresponsible," the Nationalist Chinese as "driftwood on the beaches of Formosa." He even flailed away at people who had not appeared before the committee; for California's Senator William Knowland, who believes the Nationalists should get more U.S. support, Lattimore picked up a Communist-favored sneer, "The Senator from Formosa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: Absent-Minded Professor? | 3/10/1952 | See Source »

Miss Roman is more convincing than her colleague, but she spends too much time convincing the audience that she's a spoiled lot, a point which is evident from the very first sneer...

Author: By Eric Amphitheatrop, | Title: Invitation | 3/7/1952 | See Source »

...Consecrated. Republican Representative Reed F. Cutler hung a sneering label on the gentleman governor: "Sir Galahad." And many of the old pols in his own party were willing to echo the sneer. Senate Democrats elected Boss Bill Connors, from Chicago's notorious 42nd...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ILLINOIS: Sir Galahad & the Pols | 1/28/1952 | See Source »

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