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McCarthyism: Anatomy of an Investigation

In 1950 Senator Joseph McCarthy declared to Congress that Far East scholar Owen Lattimore was a "top Russian spy." Lattimore tried to clear his name before two congressional committees. He was eventually exonerated but those hearings took a lasting economic and personal toll on the scholar. Here's how they worked.
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With a life steeped in violence and bloodshed, Jesse James robbed the poor and rich alike, though his victims were almost always unarmed.

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