Question

This politician denounced using celebrity to mask “nine days of training in eleven years” for a pilot who “could not fly any of the current air force planes” when blocking the promotion of television star Jimmy Stewart to brigadier general. This politician cited having the “nuclear capability but not the nuclear credibility” as a fault of President Kennedy (-5[1])during the Cuban Missile Crisis. This politician decried “irresponsible sensationalism” as falling into a Communist trap of “confuse, divide, and conquer” in a statement issued with six other senators whom an opponent (10[1])called the “six dwarfs.” This politician outlined the rights to “criticize” and “protest” as basic principles of “Americanism” (-5[1])to counter the “Four Horsemen of Calumny” adopted by the Republican Party. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])name this female (10[1])senator from Maine (10[3])who (10[1]-5[1])opposed (10[3])Joseph (10[1]-5[1])McCarthy in the “Declaration of Conscience” speech. ■END■ (10[4]0[10])

ANSWER: Margaret Chase Smith [or Margaret Madeline Chase; or Margaret Madeline Chase Smith]
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Summary

2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y2370%0%17%127.81

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
S. A. ShenoyGeorgia Tech BYale B57-5
Matt JacksonChicago AOhio State A8910
Todd MaslykMichigan AHouston A107-5
Matthew LehmannWUSTL ABrown A11910
Tracy MirkinFlorida AYale A12210
Jonathan TranCornell AStanford A12510
Alex SchmidtPenn State AVirginia A12810
Gareth ThorlaksonToronto ACornell B12810
Brad MacLaineTexas AIndiana A12810
Anuttam RamjiUC Berkeley BVanderbilt A129-5
Arjun NageswaranHarvard AColumbia A12910
Conor ThompsonIowa State AClaremont A13010
Matt BollingerGeorgia Tech AMaryland A13010
Justin WytmarIllinois APenn A13010
Alex PijanowskiPurdue AMinnesota B13110
Ricky LiMIT AMinnesota A131-5
Ashish SubramanianDuke AChicago B1390
Lexi TermanRutgers BColumbia B13910
Cormac BeirneMcGill ASouth Carolina A1390
William OrrYale BGeorgia Tech B1390
Tiffany ZhouFlorida BJohns Hopkins A13910
Halle FriedmanNYU AImperial A1390
Ryan SunUC Berkeley ANorthwestern A13910
Rahim DinaImperial ANYU A1390
Robert CondronChicago CNorth Carolina A13910
Gideon KpurubuVanderbilt AUC Berkeley B1390
Isak JatoiSouth Carolina AMcGill A1390
Jonathan ShaufNorth Carolina AChicago C1390
Sean DoyleHouston AMichigan A1390
John MarvinChicago BDuke A1390