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n. - United States author of inspirational adventure stories for boys.

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  • Mr. RUSSERT: ... that Whittaker Chambers called Alger Hiss a spy.
  • And I say that any man who called the Alger Hiss case a red herring isn't fit to be President of the United States.
  • And I say that any man who called the Alger Hiss case a "red herring" isn't fit to be President of the United States.
  • Years later, as a young reporter for the United Press in New York City in the late 1960s, I had occasion to call Alger Hiss on the phone.
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