Word: suspicion
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...with a view to a perjury prosecution is a valid legislative purpose." Furthermore, the Icardi hearing amounted to a "legislative trial," and the authority of Congress to investigate "cannot be extended to sanction a legislative trial and conviction of the individual toward whom the evidence points the finger of suspicion...
...alleged domination by U.S. capital of Canadian industry and national resources . . . is being discussed emotionally," Stuart said. "Those who raise it do not appear to be seeking a solution but rather the creation of an issue [to arouse] a maximum of suspicion and rasp the pride and self-respect of any Canadian...
...investment in Canada. ¶ Canadians need U.S. investment more than U.S. investors need Canadian opportunities. Most of the underdeveloped nations of the free world are pleading for new capital. U.S. capital has gone heavily to stable Canada in the past, but could be cut off quickly if "fear, suspicion or unsettled political conditions . . . tended to discourage [it]." Said Stuart: "A withdrawal of sizable amounts of such capital already invested here or a dwindling of the potential supply would be immediately reflected in the rate of growth of the Canadian economy and eventually on the standard of living of every Canadian...
...Birds and the Bees (Paramount] abet the growing suspicion that Hollywood is engaged in a Machiavellian plot to destroy television by sabotaging TV's best comics. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were the victims in last month's Forever Darling. This time, George Gobel walks the plank. Since the essence of Gobel's comedy is intellectual, The Birds and the Bees cunningly makes its jokes as physical as possible: Gobel takes pratfalls on land and sea, at home and abroad. When he isn't getting pie in the face, he is compelled to read limp double...
...stronger will. Only during a few seconds--while skipping blithely around the stage--does her characterization crack. Andre Gregory, as her seducer, is less successful, partially because he is smooth and sneaky at the beginning, instead of developing from pain (at the loss of his gin) to suspicion. Colgate Salsbury plays the crude, calculating husband with his usual energy, and a great deal of success. Although his Southern accent fluctuates enough to consider forgetting it entirely, rapid delivery expresses jarringly the hard personality which inhibits and crushes his wife. Like Miss Linch, Salsbury is expert at varying his pace; when...