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...north, Salem ($5 round trip on the Rockport line) lives with the legacy of the Salem Witch Trails. The Salem Witch Museum--and a flourishing industry of witch-themed gift shops and tours--commemorate the 1693 trials...
...three bathing suit-clad girls from a textbook, saying it would disrupt classes. In South Carolina and Tennessee, high schools canceled Indigo Girls, top, concerts because of offensive lyrics. And in Alabama, a minister banned the singing of Stevie Nicks' Landslide at a baccalaureate service, saying she is a witch and Satan worshipper (an old rumor that Fleetwood Mac's lead singer denies...
...passing for a gentile, the FBI found no evidence that he had ever belonged to the Communist Party or engaged in treasonous activity. In 1952, however, two days after Chaplin sailed for England to promote Limelight, Attorney General James McGranery revoked his re-entry permit. Loathing the witch-hunts and "moral pomposity" of the cold war U.S., and believing he had "lost the affections" of the American public, Chaplin settled with Oona and their family in Switzerland (where he died...
Although there were few overt signs of communist activity in the Harvard community, and the witch hunts of the McCarthy era had not yet begun in earnest at the time of the Tribune article, open debates concerning communism were common in campus forums and in the pages of The Crimson...
...didn't flaunt their sexual orientation. But the number of personnel kicked out of the service for being gay soared from 617 in 1994 to 997 last year. The Pentagon says that 80% of those removed in 1997 declared their homosexuality; they told. Gay-rights groups instead pointed to witch hunts by overly zealous officers. Defense Secretary WILLIAM COHEN apparently thinks they have a point, and he is shortly expected to approve new guidelines to ensure that the policy is implemented fairly. Commanders will have to get permission to investigate from military legal authorities. Also, inducements for implicating others...