Word: leveling
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Forum of Hate. The noisy debate of the McCarthy charges, she said, had reduced the Senate "to the level of a forum of hate and character assassination sheltered by the shield of congressional immunity." Added Senator Smith: "I am not proud of the reckless abandon in which unproved charges have been hurled from this [Republican] side of the aisle. I am not proud of the obviously staged, undignified countercharges that have been attempted in retaliation...
...vituperative. Said young Socialist Dick Taverne: "American culture is a cheapening and degrading force . . . American politics are a poor advertisement for democracy; [and the] economic influence exercised by America is a disturbing force in the world ... I see in [America] no spiritual resources to raise her civilization above the level of the common business...
...Soviet Square, a good Georgian orchestra which plays on a balcony, and a Caucasian dancer in traditional warrior uniform. In the big main hall there is an open space for patrons to dance; around the sides are private dining rooms. The best private room is on the upper level, facing the orchestra. (In this room have wined & dined a long list of distinguished and relaxing Amerikantsy running from Harry Hopkins to Wendell Willkie to Walter Bedell Smith...
Instead, the market turned as contrary as a razorback hog. Without any Government supports whatever, and in spite of the huge supply, pork prices started to climb, and kept right on climbing. By last week Chicago hogs were at $20.25, a fat $4.05 above the old support level...
...paintings are very carefully selected," Coolidge said, "and the collection, though recent, is of a consistently high level." Wertheim has long been a patron of the Fogg Museum, and this collection was exhibited in 1946 at Fogg...