Word: witch-hunt
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...five, who are pursuing a joint $50 million defamation and negligence suit, claim their lives were ruined. "It cost us our home," says Betty Raidor, 67, who spent three months in jail until she could make the $750,000 bail. "They pushed the panic button and went on a witch-hunt...
Angry critics attacked the measure as a witch-hunt and even compared it to Nazi pogroms, but the Bavarian Cabinet last week pushed through what may be the most sweeping ruling to detect AIDS carriers adopted anywhere in the world. In addition to examining prostitutes and drug addicts, Bavaria will give AIDS tests to applicants for government jobs and foreigners coming from countries outside the European Community who seek residency permits. The new edict, moreover, empowers the Bavarian police to round up for examination anyone suspected of carrying the AIDS virus...
...leader of NASA from 1971 to 1977 and a physicist who headed a commission that urged Ronald Reagan to develop a Star Wars defense against missiles. The mild-mannered Fletcher comes to the post with one handicap: he has accused the Rogers commission of being engaged in a "witch-hunt...
...anti-Communist witch-hunt that Sen. Joseph McCarthy introduced into American public life extended long after Tail Gunner Joe drank himself to death. The mainstream, as represented by Eisenhower. Kennedy, and Johnson, was so afraid of re-awakening the venomous far-Right that it felt compelled to demonstrate its unflinching opposition to Communism around the world. It was perceived as soft on the Reds, it felt doomed. This is why liberal Harvard-educated Kennedy felt compelled to risk nuclear annihilation over missiles in Cuba, while Nixon, a man who made his reputation as a Red baiter, could embrace...
While most of Jordan's citizens were relieved last week that the investigations seemed to be over, some expressed anger at what they considered a witch-hunt. Others were concerned about the still unresolved fate of twelve children sequestered in foster homes and institutions. Some remained suspicious of neighbors. Said Kathie Voss, a nursery school teacher: "I thoroughly believe that there were both guilty and innocent people involved, and now we'll never know who is who." Seven former defendants have filed lawsuits against the county, demanding up to $336.3 million in damages. (The targets--the county board, Morris...