When her son left for a year abroad, she felt desolate. (Definition of âdesolateâ from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary Â© Cambridge University Press) Blogs about desolate
Instigating this fear was Joseph McCarthy. McCarthy was a Republican senator from Wisconsin and was the leader behind the ethos of McCarthyism. The term was created in 1950 by Washington Post writer Herbert Block.
1 Joseph Welch, in response to McCarthy accusing Fred Fisher, one of the employees of Welch's law firm, of being a Communist. (Transcripts and audio of the exchange between Welch and McCarthy.