Word: vigilantism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Switzerland, which has not been invaded since 1815, believes in keeping its powder dry, its nose clean and its cupboard full. Two years ago, fearing a World War III, the Swiss government advised its citizens to stock up their pantries. Last week, apprehensive lest its citizens are becoming too complacent...
In November, Harry Truman had fired one of McGrath's top assistants, Theron Lamar Caudle, the influence-peddlers' buddy, without asking the advice of the Attorney General. Around the White House, there was talk that a vigilant Attorney General would have caught some of the wrongdoers before congressional...
It was just after World War II that Kennan, the Russian expert, came into his own. As Counselor of the Moscow embassy, he coached Ambassadors W. Averell Harriman and Bedell Smith. Back in Washington, he became head of the State Department's Policy Planning Staff in 1947. Under the...
By last week, his fight had not only closed down Lake Charles gambling; his crusade turned into an even more momentous one-that of the vigilant press v. official corruption.
The special supplementary rule for new publications provides an example of this philosophy at its worst. The rule states that any group which wishes to begin a new publication, must, in addition to fulfilling the requirements common to all new groups, submit a statement of its "financing, circulation, authorship, contents...