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Ordinary dismissal from a government job has never been considered legally punitive. Does a dismissal on loyalty grounds, however, inflict real punishment on an individual because of the undeniable stigma it casts on his name in the present climate of opinion? And has this stigma of a "loyalty discharge" impaired Peters' future ability to earn a livelihood and hence deprived him of property, as well as liberty, in violation of the Fifth Amendment? On these central issues may hinge the outcome of the Peters case and the future status of the loyalty program...

Author: By Daniel A. Rezneck, | Title: Security and Dr. Peters | 3/21/1955 | See Source »

Once in effect this system would soon be accepted as readily as the present arbitrary assignment of freshmen Yard dormitories. The stigma of not "getting the first choice" would disappear, along with cliques of dissatisfied people and uneven distribution...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dropping Preferential House Admissions | 3/1/1955 | See Source »

...fall of Dienbienphu, are already building jet air bases and plan to transfer the Australian garrison from Suez to Malaya. The British would like Singapore to be GHQ of the treaty organization, but may yield to the U.S. preference for Bangkok or Manila, either of which would avoid the stigma of colonialism attaching to Singapore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THAILAND: Appointment in Bangkok | 2/28/1955 | See Source »

...present policy was instituted two years ago to remove the stigma attached to Claverly, previously a dormitory for sophomores on probation. Claverly residents are now members of special entries in the individual Houses and can become residents within the House proper in their junior year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Watson Says Claverly Plan Will Continue | 2/23/1955 | See Source »

...stigma attached to epilepsy since preBiblical times ... is a formidable obstacle to their social rehabilitation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Rights for Epileptics | 12/20/1954 | See Source »

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