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McKay was sure that men "who have as clear a record" as the three University professors named, would ultimately be rid of any taint in Washington once there was an investigation...
...rid of Secretary Acheson and Senator McCarthy...
...meets a calculating blonde floozy (Beverly Michaels), who soon has him at the end of her leash. Unable to resist his $7,000 bank account, she marries him. Then, showing her contempt as broadly as she chews her gum, she waits around for a chance to get rid of her husband and get her hands on his bank account...
...said, 'Instead of leaving today, wait until tomorrow.' I went to the police. That night I could not fall asleep, but around midnight the police comrades came and arrested this harmful thing which was not my husband but my enemy. I feel happy to have got rid of a menace to the people...
Hans Morgenthau has never been lost in an ivory tower. A foreign policy expert from the University of Chicago, he promises to rid his 175 Summer School students of their "favorite illusions" before the close of the term. Morgenthau, himself, is a professional realist who finds idealism very expensive...