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LETTERS: BLACKLISTING OF ACTORS.


It must be brought out that the late Sen. Joe McCarthy had nothing to do with investigating or blacklisting members of the entertainment industry (`` 'Spartacus' vs. the blacklist (1) A list of e-mail addresses of known spammers. See spam, spam filter, Blacklist of Internet Advertisers, greylisting and blackholing. Contrast with white list.

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 ``Down with McCarthyism.'' The function of the above committee was to investigate communism and corruption in federal government agencies and defense industries with federal government contracts. Investigations of actors and actresses and the ``Hollywood Ten'' were conducted by the House Committee on Un-American Activities.

Robert W. Van de Walle

- Granada Hills
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Date:May 4, 2003
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