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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, 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...
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, 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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...

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...
Gun Crazy
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Myron, "Joseph H. Lewis: Tourist in the Asylum," in Todd McCarthy and Charles Flynn, editors, Kings of the B's: Working...filmmakers who went to prison for refusing to testify at the McCarthy hearings, wrote under various different names and was "fronted...
Unforgiven
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Eastwood: Film-Maker, North Pomfret, 1997. Articles: McCarthy, Todd, Variety (New York), 3 August 1992. Merrick, H...Criticism (Meadville), vol. 20, no. 3, Spring 1996. McCarthy, T., in Premiere (Boulder), vol. 11, October 1997...
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...

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...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 persona non grata in hometown of Appleton, Wis.(Joseph Raymond McCarthy)
Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL); 11/7/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...Jones APPLETON, Wis. _ Poor Joe McCarthy. Can't even catch a break from...scant evidence that Joseph Raymond McCarthy even lived here. There's a road...of town named after his family. McCarthy's heroic-sized bronze bust that...
MCCARTHY'S DOWNFALL PAVED WAY FOR POLITICAL TV "THE HEARINGS WERE GREAT DRAMA, AND TELEVISION ATE IT UP," MEDIA SCHOLAR SAYS OF WISCONSIN SENATOR'S UNDOING 50 YEARS AGO.(DAYBREAK)
Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI); 6/10/2004; 700+ words ; ...Associated Press NEW YORK -- The Army-McCarthy hearings of spring 1954 have been called...era-defining demagogue, Sen. Joseph McCarthy. And it sealed a symbiotic bond between...stronger in the half-century since. McCarthy, a Wisconsin Republican, chaired the...
McCarthy forced to sell shares. (William McCarthy, chief executive officer of ABS Industries Inc.)
Magazine article from: Crain's Cleveland Business; 1/29/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...Industries Inc. chief executive William McCarthy and the fortunes of his company led to...to Crain's Cleveland Business, Mr. McCarthy indicated that his net worth has plummeted...months in the price of ABS common. Mr. McCarthy also said his net worth would be wiped...
MCCARTHY SAYS HE'S COMMITTED TO RODGERS -- WITH OR WITHOUT FAVRE.(SPORTS)
Newspaper article from: The Capital Times (Madison, WI); 7/26/2008; 700+ words ; ...Even Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy isn't quite sure how the Brett Favre...conference at Lambeau Field on Saturday, McCarthy strongly affirmed the team's commitment...quarterback for the Green Bay Packers," McCarthy said. "That's been stated over and...
McCarthy's progress has colleges looking BB&N's big man had a village of teachers
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 2/4/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...blue-chip basketball players. Andrew McCarthy of Sudbury has developed into one of...plenty of help. As a fourth-grader, McCarthy nearly gave up the game until Mark Papas...Bryant, his coach at BB&N, has allowed McCarthy's talent to blossom on the court in...
McCarthy Exhibit to Open in Wis.
News Wire article from: AP Online; 1/17/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...1950s, a supporter gave Sen. Joseph McCarthy a brush _ not to brush his teeth or to...it. The Outagamie County Museum near McCarthy's hometown gathered the brush along...a two-year exhibit entitled Joseph McCarthy: A Modern Tragedy. The show opens Saturday...
McCarthy exhibit to open at Wisconsin museum
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 1/17/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...1950s, a supporter gave Sen. Joseph McCarthy a brush _ not to brush his teeth or to...it. The Outagamie County Museum near McCarthy's hometown gathered the brush along...for a two-year exhibit titled Joseph McCarthy: A Modern Tragedy. The show opens Saturday...
McCarthy's insurgency would not be possible today
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 12/15/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...you. -- Robert Lowell, "For Eugene McCarthy" (July 1968) WASHINGTON -- By August 1968, Sen. Eugene McCarthy was gone and his supporters were left...won the vice presidential nomination McCarthy had craved -- McCarthy went to the...
McCarthy's act gets some rave reviews; New coach highly regarded
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 1/19/2006; ; 700+ words ; Green Bay The man who gave Mike McCarthy his first job in the National Football...have made an excellent hire by making McCarthy their head coach. Of course, he also...Schottenheimer. Schottenheimer probably knows McCarthy a little better than most. Schottenheimer...