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Eugene Joseph McCarthy
Eugene Joseph McCarthy 1916-2005, U.S. political leader, b. Watkins, Minn. He served (1942-46) as a technical assistant for military intelligence during World War II and then taught (1946-49) at the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn. As a liberal Democratic member of the U.S. House of Represe... Read more
Joseph Raymond McCarthy
Joseph Raymond McCarthy 1908-57, U.S. senator from Wisconsin (1947-57), b. near Appleton, Wis. He practiced law in Wisconsin and became (1940) a circuit judge. He served with the U.S. marines in the Pacific in World War II, achieving the rank of captain. In 1946, McCarthy defeated Senator Robert M.... Read more
Mary Therese McCarthy
Mary Therese McCarthy 1912-89, American writer, b. Seattle, grad. Vassar, 1933. As drama critic for the Partisan Review (1937-45), she gained a reputation for wit, intellect, and acerbity. Her novel The Oasis (1949) satirizes left-wing intellectuals, whereas The Group (1963) satirizes an enti... Read more
Millard Evelyn Tydings
Millard Evelyn Tydings , 1890-1961, American politician, b. Havre de Grace, Md. He was admitted (1913) to the bar, soon built a successful law practice, and became (1916) a member of the Maryland legislature. In World War I he saw action in France. He again served (1920-23) in the Maryland legislatu... Read more
Sir Stanley Spencer
Sir Stanley Spencer 1891-1959, English painter. In his landscapes and his often highly erotic portraits and religious-allegorical scenes, Spencer's paintings express a highly personal magic realism. His series of war murals in All Souls', Burghclere, Hampshire reflect the impact of his experiences ... Read more
James William Fulbright
James William Fulbright 1905-95, U.S. Senator from Arkansas (1945-75), b. Sumner, Mo. A Rhodes scholar, he was admitted (1934) to the bar and served (1934-35) in the antitrust division of the U.S. Dept of Justice. He taught law at George Washington Univ. law school (1935-36) and at the Univ. of Ark... Read more
Robert Francis Kennedy
Robert Francis Kennedy 1925-68, American politician, U.S. Attorney General (1961-64), b. Brookline, Mass., younger brother of President John F. Kennedy and son of Joseph P. Kennedy . A graduate of Harvard (1948) and the Univ. of Virginia law school (1951), Bobby Kennedy managed his brother ... Read more
Joseph Alsop
Joseph Alsop , 1910-89, and Alsop, Stewart, 1914-74, American political journalists, b. Avon, Conn. Joseph joined (1932) the New York Herald Tribune as a staff reporter and moved (1936) to its Washington, D.C., bureau. His Washington political column, written (1937-40) with Robert E. Kintner und... Read more
Henry Steele Commager
Henry Steele Commager , 1902-98, American historian, b. Pittsburgh, Pa. He received his Ph.D. from the Univ. of Chicago in 1928 and taught history at New York Univ. (1926-38), Columbia (1938-56), and Amherst (1956-94). He was an outspoken opponent of both McCarthyism (see McCarthy, Joseph R. ) and ... Read more
Edward Roscoe Murrow
Edward Roscoe Murrow 1908-65, American news broadcaster, b. Greensboro, N.C. He joined the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) in 1935 and became its European director two years later, assembling and training a news staff to cover the impending war. As a CBS war correspondent (1939-45) Murrow was no... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to ""mccarthy,"

McCarthy, Joseph
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History McCarthy, Joseph (1908–1957), Republican...dairy farm near Appleton, Wisconsin, McCarthy quit school at age fourteen to raise chickens...Milwaukee. Earning a law degree in 1935, McCarthy established a small practice before winning...
McCarthy, Eugene Joseph
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law MCCARTHY, EUGENE JOSEPH Eugene Joseph McCarthy served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives...persuade President lyndon b. johnson not to seek re-election. McCarthy was born March 29, 1916, in Watkins, Minnesota, the son...
McCarthy, Joseph Raymond
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law MCCARTHY, JOSEPH RAYMOND Joseph Raymond McCarthy was a U.S. senator who during the early 1950s conducted...was ultimately censured for his activities by the Senate, McCarthy was, between 1950 and 1954, the most powerful voice of...
McCarthy, Nobu
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Nobu McCarthy Nobu McCarthy (1934 – 2002) went from being one of the top models in...of the most famous Asian actresses in the United States. Whatever McCarthy put her mind to, she did with aplomb and passion, and she seemed...
Eugene Joseph McCarthy
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Eugene Joseph McCarthy Eugene Joseph McCarthy (born 1916) had a long and influential career in American...Representatives he stood up to the Communist-hunting Sen. Joseph McCarthy. In the late 1950s he chaired the Senate Special Committee...
Joseph Raymond McCarthy
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Joseph Raymond McCarthy Joseph Raymond McCarthy (1908-1957), U.S. senator, in a highly publicized...victim's political standing and public character. Joseph McCarthy was born on Nov. 14, 1908, on a farm at Grand Chute, Wis...
Army‐McCarthy Hearings
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History Army‐McCarthy Hearings. (1954).On 22 April 1954...opening session of the Army‐McCarthy hearings. At least forty million people...First, did Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin and his top aide, Roy...
Mary T. McCarthy
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Mary T. McCarthy The American writer Mary T. McCarthy (1912-1989) wrote novels and short stories as well...criticism, political essays, and art history. Mary Therese McCarthy was born on June 21, 1912, in Seattle, Washington...
Cormac McCarthy
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Cormac McCarthy 1933-, American novelist, b. Providence...finely wrought, acutely observant prose, McCarthy typically portrays a sleazy American...Reclusive and something of a cult figure, McCarthy is determinedly nonliterary. Although...
McCarthy, Justin
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History McCarthy, Justin (1830–1912). Irish politician and writer. McCarthy was a journalist who was elected as Home Rule...rejected by the majority of his parliamentary party, McCarthy assumed the chairmanship, a position which he...

Dictionary entries related to ""mccarthy,"

Censure of Senator Joseph Mccarthy (2 December 1954)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History CENSURE OF SENATOR JOSEPH MCCARTHY (2 December 1954) By 1954 the investigative...excesses of Wisconsin senator Joseph McCarthy had run their course. Once a virtually unknown Senator from Wisconsin, McCarthy ascended to national prominence by claiming...
The History of George Catlett Marshall (14 June 1951, by Senator Joseph McCarthy)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...MARSHALL (14 June 1951, by Senator Joseph McCarthy) In a speech delivered in Wheeling, West Virginia in early 1950, Joseph Raymond McCarthy (1908 – 57) achieved national...taking advantage of Cold War paranoia, McCarthy, an unremarkable Republican senator...
McCarthy, Joseph Raymond
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History McCarthy, Joseph Raymond ( ‘Joe’ McCarthy ) (b. 14 Nov. 1908, d. 2 May 1957). US Senator...Millard Tydings that such charges were fraudulent, McCarthy continued to make repeated attacks on the administration...
McCarthy, James Joseph
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture McCarthy, James Joseph (1817–82...church on Ecclesiological principles. McCarthy was one of the three joint-secretaries...Although the building was well advanced, McCarthy abandoned Duff's Perpendicular for Second...
McCarthy, Joseph R(aymond)
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History McCarthy, Joseph R(aymond) (1909–57) US Republican politician. Between 1950 and 1954...otherwise discriminated against in a mood of hysteria, which abated only after the public censure of McCarthy in December 1954.
McCarthyism
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...antics of the Wisconsin senator Joseph McCarthy, the anticommunist political repression...s television viewers at the Army-McCarthy hearings in the spring of 1954. There was nothing unique about McCarthy's charges of subversion in high places...
Investigating Committees
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Subcommittee (SISS) and allowing Joseph R. McCarthy's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations...dozen blacklists operating at the time. McCarthy initially focused in 1950 on communist...United States Army. The televised Army-McCarthy hearings led to McCarthy's demise largely...
The Misfits
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Wallach (Guido ); Thelma Ritter (Isabelle Steers ); Kevin McCarthy (Raymond Taber ). Publications Script: Garret, G.P...James, The Making of The Misfits, Indianapolis, 1986. McCarthy, John, The Films of John Huston, Secaucus, New Jersey...
Kusturica, Emir
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Angeles), February 1999. On KUSTURICA: articles— McCarthy, Todd, "Yugo Director Kusturica Planning 'Spirit-Wres...Los Angeles Times, 29 May 1995. Klady, Leonard, and Todd McCarthy, "Underground Mines Cannes D'or," Variety (New York...
Bergen, Candice
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...s more famous offspring—his dummies, Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd. In adulthood, however, she quickly came...playing the then shocking role of a beautiful lesbian in the Mary McCarthy story of a group of friends from a Vassar-like school. Following...

Thesaurus entries related to ""mccarthy,"

communist
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus communist • noun & adjective  McCarthy had people suspecting that communists were lurking around every corner | communist countries synonyms : collectivist, leftist...

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MCCARTHY TRIES A FRESH APPROACH WITH FIRST-ROUND PICK JUSTIN HARRELL SIGNED, ALL ARE PRESENT FOR START OF PACKERS' CAMP.(SPORTS)
Newspaper article from: The Capital Times (Madison, WI); 7/28/2007; 700+ words ; ...his head than he did a year ago, Mike McCarthy is more at ease entering his second training...conference at the beginning of training camp, McCarthy said Friday at Lambeau Field. I think...coaching. I'm a lot more comfortable. McCarthy's disposition wasn't hurt any when...
MCCARTHY'S ROLE AT NADA: LOW PROFILE, HIGH IMPACT
Magazine article from: Automotive News; 6/8/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...directors likely would disagree. Frank McCarthy, 63, the chief executive of NADA for...to envision life without him. Under McCarthy's stewardship, NADA has flourished...strength. But more than that, Frank McCarthy embodies the best qualities and values...
MCCARTHY COULD FACE JURY TODAY
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 6/20/1998; 635 words ; PHOTO Timothy McCarthy THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY...Valley High band teacher Timothy E. McCarthy Jr., accused of sexual misconduct...m. today in Jasper Superior Court. McCarthy, 33, of Valparaiso, is accused of...
McCarthy honored - not for political life but for his poetic life.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 4/12/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...after he became a national icon. That would be Eugene McCarthy. McCarthy, former U.S. congressman and senator from Minnesota...about 250. No, he wasn't running for anything. McCarthy was in town to talk about and sign his fourth collection...
MCCARTHY LESSON STILL PERTINENT.(LOCAL/STATE)(THE TALK)(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Capital Times (Madison, WI); 10/30/2002; 700+ words ; ...knew he wanted to write a book about Joe McCarthy and newspapers, but it really came into...in Outagamie County and in 1946 he ran McCarthy's campaign for the U.S. Senate, in which McCarthy beat no less than Robert M. La Follette...
MCCARTHY PLEDGES FULL EFFORT IN BID TO UNSEAT TIERNEY IN 6TH
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 10/8/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...favorite against his Republican challenger, Paul McCarthy of Lynnfield. But McCarthy, undaunted by his lack of success in previous...consultant and part owner of a documentary company, McCarthy, 44, defeated fellow Lynnfield resident Frederick...
McCarthy targeted--again. (Cover Story: History).(Cover Story)
Magazine article from: The New American; 6/16/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...released transcripts from Senator Joseph McCarthy's closed committee hearings validate...Is this is a thumbnail sketch of the McCarthy era? No -- it is a brief description...our history books while Senator Joseph McCarthy has earned nothing but scorn and derision...
McCarthy: time will tell whether he's arch-conspirator or fall guy.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Star (South Africa); 4/7/2009; 700+ words ; ...Angela Quintal When Scorpions head Leonard McCarthy appeared in Parliament on February 26...and it lay the blame squarely at McCarthy's door. The 18-page Browse Mole...other side of the parliamentary complex, McCarthy was telling the National Assembly's...
McCarthy gaffe is like calling Kenneth Starr `Ringo Starr'.(NEWS)(NICK COLEMAN)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 8/28/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...photograph of former Minnesota Sen. Eugene McCarthy was shown during a roll call of the honored...nice moment. But they called him Joseph McCarthy. Some little Democrats should get spanked...Senate until 1958, the year after Joe McCarthy died, was a McCarthy of a different...
MCCARTHY SELECTED TO LEAD SCHOOLS WITHDRAWALS BY RIVALS EASES HER PATH TO POST
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 2/15/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...5-0, Tuesday to name Claire E. McCarthy to succeed the retiring Anthony L. Sarno...the 3,600-student school district. McCarthy, 52, the assistant superintendent for...they also said they were impressed with McCarthy and considered her a good choice for...