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Assassination See also Murder. assassins Fanatical Moslem sect that smoked hashish and murdered Crusaders (11th—12th centuries). [Islamic Hist.: Brewer Note-Book, 52] conspirator and assassin of Julius Caesar. [Br. Lit.: Julius Caesar] (102–44 B.C.) murdered by conspirators. [Br. Lit.: Julius Caesar] king killed by the people, who were horrified at his murderous family. [Br. Legend and Lit.: Benét, 410] assassinated Hipparchus, brother of the tyrant Hippias. [Gk. Hist.: EB (1963) XI, 198] Caesar killed by opposing factions (44 B.C.). [Rom. Hist.: EB, 3: 575–580] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Stone's ``counter-myth'' to the establishment's Kennedy liquidation story earned him vicious character assassination. Levin distributed copies of his article, "Pro-Israeli McCarthyism: When Character Assassination Replaces Political Dialogue," (see January 1990 Washington Report, p. He's so quick to condemn the Republican politics of character assassination. |
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