Word: treasonably
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Communists, shifted some of its criticism to the centrists, who presented themselves as a moderate third force between the two power blocs, and even to the Gaullists' old allies, the Independent Republicans of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. "These are candidates of diversion, division and treason," warned Premier Georges Pompidou in his final appeals. "They are between two chairs, arid I hope they fall on their derriere...
...take refuge at the altar of God, who, as the ultimate source of justice, would protect them if they were innocent. Christianity broadened the idea to include protection of the guilty. The Justinian Code of the Byzantine Empire, for example, denied church sanctuary primarily to criminals convicted of high treason or sacrilege. In medieval Europe, churches were allowed to protect convicted criminals-like Esmeralda, the condemned witch and murderess of Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame-on condition that they forfeit all their property and belongings to the state. The privilege of church sanctuary began to give...
...Item from a pamphlet claiming Kuchel sided with Democrats 61% of the time: "Would you have voted for the wasteful war-on-pov-erty programs and Great Society welfare schemes?" Rafferty is a man of harsh rhetoric who spatters his speeches with attacks on filth, flapdoodle, an archy and treason. Along with his blitz krieg of acrimony, he has loosed a horde of acronyms. The Friends of Rafferty have been incorporated as F.O.R...
...eligible for military service into civilian defense units, 2) draft women up to age 55 into "hospital" units, 3) order persons to remain at their jobs, 4) requisition private vehicles, and 5) engage in wiretapping and interception of mail when there is a "justified" suspicion of treason...
...Greek army to reassess its own support of the junta in light of the fact that the ruling colonels had produced no proof of a planned Communist takeover, their rationalization for seizing power. Under Greece's stern martial law, Papandreou's blast was tantamount to treason, but the junta took no further action against him for the time being, ridiculing his statement as a play for a return to power...