Joseph McCarthy

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Meaning

United States politician who unscrupulously accused many citizens of being Communists (1908-1957)

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Curiously, manager Joseph McCarthy chose journeyman Denny Galehouse to start the playoff game when the young lefty phenom Mel Parnell was available to pitch. Source: Internet

Abzug, a pioneering liberal and feminist, was a lawyer who represented people accused of communist activities by U.S. Sen. Joseph McCarthy. Source: Internet

Fried (1990), p. 150. On December 2, 1954, the United States Senate voted 65 to 22 to condemn Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute". Source: Internet

On March 9, 1954, See It Now aired another episode on the issue of McCarthyism, this one attacking Joseph McCarthy himself. Source: Internet

In a fearless move, Pogo's creator Walt Kelly took on Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s, caricaturing him as a bobcat named Simple J. Malarkey, a megalomaniac who was bent on taking over the characters' birdwatching club and rooting out all undesirables. Source: Internet

Similarly, to make more profits, producers secretly hired screenwriters who were on Senator Joseph McCarthy 's blacklist, which mitigated the effects of the list. Source: Internet

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