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Truman was invited as a "trusted and beloved champion of civil liberties and bitter opponent of McCarthyism." He was asked to debate with the "man who has done more than any other to sow fear and mistrust among the American people through his methods--Senator McCarthy...
...there is no doubt that the U.S. prisoners were valuable to the Chinese Reds, for propaganda reasons, during their captivity. There is equally no doubt that naive Chinese efforts to sow some lasting seeds of Communist propaganda failed. Out of 3,500 prisoners, only 90 have been identified as "progressives." Of these, Army officials believe that fewer than 30 showed themselves really susceptible to enemy propaganda, and some of the 30 had histories of pro-Communist leanings before induction. The great majority of the U.S. prisoners met the challenge well. They proved that the U.S. soldier fighting indoctrinated Communists...
Ride, Vaquero! (MGM) makes the old horse operas on TV look good. It takes some of Hollywood's silkiest purses and, without half trying, promptly and efficiently turns them into sow's ears. It has a beautiful star (Ava Gardner), yet somehow manages to make her seem drab, and a basically exciting story (bandits v. ranchers) which, in this version, has no more suspense than a mystery story read backwards. Ava is the wife of a handsome, brave, wooden-faced Texas rancher (Howard Keel), who gets into a feud with a Mexican bandit (Anthony Quinn), a fellow...
...best, the offer was designed to sow tension and distrust among Red flyers, keep flight leaders so busy worrying about out-of-sight pilots that they would not be able to tend to their business. There was even the possibility that, to prevent defection, the Reds might ration fuel, thus limiting the time the MIGs can stay in the air to patrol and fight...
...Sow. In Plainfield, Ind., Farmer Raymond Heald got fed up with townspeople throwing beer bottles, tin cans and garbage in his fields, "gave them back what they'd been giving me" by dumping a load of garbage in front of the town hall, was acquitted of committing a misdemeanor by a jury which included eight farmers...