Word: suspectedly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Ober Law, even though it had yet to be reviewed by the Supreme Court. This made it punishable to advocate "alteration" of our form of government or to knowingly belong to a subversive organization. It permits firing state employees if there is "reasonable grounds" on which to suspect any applicant for a public...
...election was on. News from Egypt dominated the front pages. The combination of inflation and Britain's austere election laws, which forbid, candidates to spend more than a maximum of $3,000 on their campaigns, ruled out big, U.S.-style rallies and acres of billboards. The BBC, less suspect than Caesar's wife but taking no chances, as usual allotted for the entire campaign only five hours of radio time to all parties put together, and none whatsoever in the final week. BBC comedians were forbidden to make political jokes...
First, it is always possible that "advice and counseling" may have nothing to do with an overt, dangerous act. Under the new bill, a suspect's particular actions will no longer be the only criteria for judging whether he is subversive. Rather, the court must consider what he says as well...
Third, every suspect, whether proven innocent or guilty, would undoubtedly suffer from the very allegations that could be made against him under this bill. The current fallacy "Where there is smoke there is fire" has ruined many an able man's career. For example, Philip K. Jessup was never accused (much less proved) by the Senate of being subversive. But he was rejected for the post of UN delegate because "the concerted . . . attacks made on him" led the Senate to believe that "there is a considerable segment of our people who lack confidence...
...19th Century architects, he is an esthetic snob, he will get as close to the sculptor as he can. If, like most contemporary artists, he is an inverted snob, he will suck up to the plumber . . . Their conflicting theories [are] almost exactly complementary and, in my view, equally suspect...