Word: stigmas
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...more highly educated, i.e., frequent, moviegoers see some social stigma attached to their pastime. They would be tempted to lie rather than admit how often they go to the movies...
...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...
...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...
...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...
...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...