Word: ballyhoos
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...kind of thing is blatant propaganda, in which Government money is squandered to keep the Government in the hands of one regime. New Dealers defend it as an up-to-date and effective way of letting the people know how their money is spent. Just how much expense and ballyhoo is justifiable in passing out such information is the main point at issue. There is another point: since 1913 there has been a U. S. law forbidding any Federal agency to hire a "publicity expert" without a specific appropriation...
Best-seller lists are generally compounded of publishers' ballyhoo and booksellers' hopes, do not include children's books or reprints. TIME'S list, arranged in order of nationwide sales, is based on actual sales for last month, supplied by leading U. S. bookstores...
...Assistant Secretary of War Louis Johnson, it includes such New Deal dynamos as Thomas Corcoran and Benjamin Cohen. Last week's announcement, result of several quiet conferences between utility magnates and the Administration powers, was seen in various lights by the utility men. One said: "They wanted ballyhoo and we gave it to them." Chairman Floyd Carlisle of Consolidated Edison Co. would only say: "We are delighted to make the studies with the Government.'' Mr. Groesbeck declared: "The results of the meeting this morning afford an excellent demonstration of what can be accomplished when government and industry...
Best-seller lists are generally compounded of publishers' ballyhoo and booksellers' hopes, do not include children's books or reprints. TIME'S list, arranged in order of nationwide sales, is based on actual sales for last month, supplied by leading U. S. bookstores...
...give each group the thrill of discovery. The scheme succeeded almost too well. By the time it was finally ready for release last week, A Man to Remember was one of the most pre-discovered pictures on record, appeared likely to have trouble living up to its advance ballyhoo...