Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III (Desi Arnaz) Quotes

Joe McCarthy and his Senate hearings were like witch-hunts.

Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III

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• Joe McCarthy and his Senate hearings were like witch-hunts.

  

  Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III
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