Word: suspicion
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...cannot, after all, ignore the fact that the cold war is being fostered from the U.S. No one will deny that American bases around our country are not being reduced; in fact they are being strengthened. All of this is bound to cause suspicion, and it is bound to cause the Soviet leaders to be cautious and vigilant...
...Professors recently got around to protesting the oath requirement, branding it as "repugnant to our traditions," and urging its repeal by the incoming Congress. The old and valid arguments against loyalty provisions in educational aid maintain that such laws single out members of a specific professional group for unwarranted suspicion, but do not ever accomplish the purpose they seek. True subversives, of course, will have no qualms about signing a loyalty oath, but loyal citizens who sign are then open to what the AAUP characterizes as "the possibility of perjury prosecutions resting on vague allegations or improper and intimidating inquiries...
...fiery "wrecker of Cabinets" who masterminded the revolt that led to De Gaulle's return to power. Ambitious Jacques Soustelle clearly felt he deserved one of the senior Cabinet posts-Defense, Foreign Affairs or Interior -rather than his present Ministry of Information. But the widespread (and possibly exaggerated) suspicion of his tactics and his intentions makes many fear the prospect that as head of the Interior he would control the police. When newsmen queried him on his prospects, Anthropologist Soustelle gloomily quipped: "Perhaps I will go back to Mexico and my Aztecs...
...Career. Against such criticism, and the suspicion of favoritism that always attaches to a man who succeeds despite a distinguished name, Mountbatten rose from destroyer commander to Combined...
...Snapped the Catholic and Record, weekly organ of the Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis: "The firing of Terry Brennan is a setback for the priests and laymen who are trying to remake the public image of Notre Dame from football factory to first class university. How will they ease the suspicion that a lot of Notre Dame supporters-including some wealthy donors-don't care whether classes are held or not, just so Notre Dame wins on Saturdays...