Word: ten
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...least six of the ten men fired claimed (to their lawyers) that they had done nothing subversive; one thought he had been fired because his name had somehow got on the mailing lists of a left-wing book store. They also claimed that they had not been able to find out the specific charges against them, to defend themselves before their accusers, or to appeal the decision that cost them their jobs...
...part of the nation's press. The case of the State Department employees seemed to reverse the process of Anglo-Saxon law-which assumes that the accused is innocent until proved guilty. It seemed to violate the spirit, if not the letter, of their constitutional rights. Also, the ten had apparently been convicted of disloyalty on mere "derogatory information," which was the tool of a police state and not a democracy...
...After ten years of milking the average American of his opinions and then selling them back to him, operators of the Gallup poll plunged into their files to discover the sort of fellow with whom they had been doing business. This week they published the results...
...average U.S. man is 5 ft. 9 in. tall and weighs 158 Ibs. Pace Anita Loos, six out of ten prefer brunettes (a happy choice, since only 8% of U.S. women are natural blondes) and they think- although they are at least half responsible for it-that women get kissed and petted too much before marriage. The average U.S. woman is plumper than she would like to admit-she is 5 ft. 4 in. tall and weighs 132 Ibs. She is more interested in having a good-tempered husband than a faithful one, although she wishes he were more romantic...
Dogs Preferred. Most of the quarrels between Mr. & Mrs. America are prompted by 1) money, 2) jealousy, and 3) children -in that order. Seven out of ten U.S. adults believe in spanking their offspring. Less than a third of U.S. families say grace at meals. Seven out of ten prefer a dog to a cat as a family pet and only one in 20 keeps a canary. Almost no parents want their sons to go into politics; they are certain that a political career leads to graft and crookedness...