Word: acted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...West and the Arab world, and it preserves its bit of independence by a masterly balancing of opposites. It has not held a census in 15 years, because a census would probably undo the useful fiction that it is almost exactly half Christian, half Moslem. Its electoral balancing act is unique in all the world. Having long been plagued by bloody religious feuds, Lebanon now sees to it that every man running for the same office is of the same religion...
...together in Milwaukee, went to Los Angeles looking for a break in show business. There they teamed up with Tenors Burroughs and Bob Morse, who were appearing with a local band. They started practicing five hours a day, soon decided that they were getting good enough to sell their act. The group considered and rejected a dozen names (samples: the Brooks Brothers, the Lamplighters), finally hit on the Hi-Lo's because their heights ranged from 5 ft. 5 in. (Burroughs) to 6 ft. 3 in. (Strasen). Three years ago they opened at Pack's nightclub...
...bone rigid forefinger jabbed at the TV screen. "Right in your living room," came the muscular Southern voice, "right in your bedrooms, right in a bar-you can let Christ come in." Wearing TV blue but no makeup, Carolina-tanned Billy Graham was bringing down the third-act curtain on the first live U.S. telecast of his New York Crusade. But as Billy continued his "invitation" ("just get up quickly and come right on down"), he was drowned out in a cue mixup by a "special announcer" plugging a Graham book and unctuously imploring viewers to "let us know...
...press conference. President Eisenhower dismissed the interview as the act of "a commercial firm in this country trying to improve its own commercial standing." The President's criticism jolted newsmen. The TV interview with Khrushchev was obviously enterprising, informative journalism, and in getting it, CBS followed the example of other firms which could just as easily be characterized as commercial. The New York Times recently front-paged an interview with Khrushchev by its managing editor Turner Catledge. At least twice since the war, Hearst newsmen have headlined Moscow interviews, one of them far more tightly tailored to Kremlin preconditions...
...that some court in some future year be persuaded that a 'reasonable probability' then exists that an advantage over competitors in a narrowly construed market may be obtained as a result of a stock interest." Moreover, added Burton, the decision marked the first time the Clayton Act has been applied to a vertical acquisition, i.e., a case where a company gets substantial control of a customer rather than a competitor...