Word: agented
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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They were the Democratic National Committee's brilliant chief press agent, Charles Michelson, whose first feat was to smear Hoover, and his G. O. P. counterpart, Franklyn Thomas Waltman Jr. Dark, 35-year-old Republican Waltman paid elaborate tribute to the libertarian legacy of Democratic Patron Saint Thomas Jefferson, worked himself into oratorical fervor: "We recall Jefferson's words tonight, not solely out of academic interest in a mighty battle which was won in behalf of the liberties of Americans, but because once again in this country, as abroad, freedom of press and freedom of speech is under...
...President George Norlin to deliver a scheduled lecture on "Art and the Workers" at the University's summer school. Snapped Lecturer Rand: "I think it is, in poor taste for President Norlin to use me for publicity purposes for himself. He should hire his own press agent...
...mixed, sprayed with a special flavoring formula which gives each brand its own particular taste. Since taste is a big selling point, each brand's flavoring mixture is a trade secret, but the basis for all flavoring is rum. Only other ingredient cigaret companies reveal is a hygroscopic agent mixed with the tobacco to attract moisture. In most cigarets the hygroscopic agent is glycerin; Philip Morris uses diethylene glycol. The result, it claims, with substantiation from many a doctor, is less irritation to the membranes of the throat...
...doctors. In its general advertising Philip Morris merely uses round phrases such as "Doctors have agreed that Philip Morris is less irritating to the throat." This sort of talk would presumably have made little impression in a world full of cigaret claims had not Philip Morris' smart advertising agent Milton Biow had a brain wave. He remembered an old Philip Morris slogan, "Call for Philip Morris," and hired a shrill-voiced dwarf named John Roventini to chant it on the radio...
...their pay 50%. Principal result has been sharp rivalry between the Screen Writers Guild Inc. (membership 500) and Screen Playwrights Inc. (membership 130). When Screen Playwrights last year signed a contract with seven major studios, the S. W. G. responded by asking NLRB to make it the sole bargaining agent for screen writers. Last week, after considering the evidence for over eight months, NLRB ruled that...