McCarthy

[ muh-kahr-thee ]

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��ǰ�·�� Charles Joseph McCarthy, Jr., [kawr, -mak, ‑m, uh, k], 1933–2023, U.S. novelist noted for stark, often brutal depictions of the human condition.
Joseph R(aymond), 1909–57, U.S. senator whose fervor for rooting out communist sympathizers was associated with highly divisive and controversial practices.
Joseph Vincent, 1887–1978, U.S. baseball manager: Baseball Hall of Fame 1957.
Mary (Therese), 1912–89, U.S. novelist and memoirist.

McCarthy

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McCarthyCormac1933MUSWRITING: novelistWRITING: writer Cormac. born 1933, US writer; his novels include Suttree (1979), Blood Meridian (1985), All the Pretty Horses (1992), No Country for Old Men (2005) and The Road (2006)
McCarthyJoseph R(aymond)19081957MUSPOLITICS: politician Joseph R ( aymond ). 1908–57, US Republican senator, who led (1950-54) the notorious investigations of alleged Communist infiltration into the US government
McCarthyMary (Therese)19121989FUSWRITING: novelistWRITING: critic Mary ( Therese ). 1912–89, US novelist and critic; her works include The Group (1963)

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The free speech advocacy group PEN America reports nearly 16,000 book bans in our nation’s public schools since 2021, numbers “not seen since the Red Scare McCarthy era of the 1950s.”

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“I think it’s something you need to do,” trainer Michael McCarthy said after the race.

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The world's only professional one-handed concert pianist, Nicholas McCarthy, makes his Proms debut, playing a concerto originally written for Paul Wittgenstein, after he lost his right arm during World War One.

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"Removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere is essential in helping us achieve net zero," says energy minister Kerry McCarthy.

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It has been thus since the McCarthy era of the 1950s and even before; the Republican business coalition opposing Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal wrapped itself in the flag.

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McCarran-Walter Act McCarthyism

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