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Word: stigmas (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...should attribute to me motives that have no basis." Reminding Cowan that he had agreed to quit anyway, Stanton said that in the "fast-moving situation" that now faces TV, strong leadership is needed, and "administration is not your forte." Pressed by reporters who asked if the quiz stigma was not the true reason for Cowan's departure, Stanton backed and filled, finally said: "No, sir. I'm not conducting a witch hunt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: Quizzard's Exit | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

...Episcopalian, he does not have to worry, as Kennedy does, about the widespread conviction that a Roman Catholic cannot be elected President. As a politician who has run for high public office twice and won twice, he does not carry Adlai Stevenson's stigma of past defeats. Though he has voted a straight liberal line in the U.S. Senate-certified and approved by Americans for Democratic Action-he has escaped the 200-proof-liberal label that afflicts Hubert Humphrey. And while Southern ties make him tolerable to many delegates from the South, he is not burdened with Lyndon Johnson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: Everybody's No. 2 | 11/9/1959 | See Source »

...should form a solid Democratic front on regional issues such as reclamation, but not on a candidate. When Brown saw that his bloc would not be a bloc, he backed down, retreated to the position that agreement on issues was all he had wanted anyhow, thereby escaped the public stigma of failure in his effort for endorsement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Blocking the Bloc | 10/12/1959 | See Source »

...regret that the time has come when I must register my disapproval of your April 27 article on veterans' benefits, called "Tailoring the Dole." When the word "dole" is used, it is, to say the least, unkind. It places a stigma on all veterans who are receiving compensation or pension, regardless of the circumstances in a particular case...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, may 18, 1959 | 5/18/1959 | See Source »

Council members at last week's meeting voiced the fear that such a procedure would put a stigma on those not nominated by the Masters. This may well be the case, but a stigma could easily be prevented by having the Masters' nomination come only after all others have been received. Or perhaps the Masters' designation could be kept secret or come merely in the form of a request to the individual involved that he place his name on a petition. Hopefully this matter will be cleared up in committee and the final draft presented to the Council tonight will...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ballot-Proof | 4/15/1959 | See Source »

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