Word: beaverbrook
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Lord Beaverbrook, Britain's present undisputed No. 1 press lord ("My political belief is a simple one: I believe in Britain's glory"), improved Northcliffe's formula by aggressive, enterprising coverage, and brisk, clever editing. (He still bars cheesecake and leering sex from his papers.) The Beaver's standing order: "Ban the word 'exclusive' from the Express. Our aim is to make everything exclusive...
...poll last week showed a 2½% edge for the Tories, a gain of 2% from late April. But above all, Eden was able to kick off his campaign with a promise of the long-awaited "parley at the summit." "If the Tories cannot win this election," said Lord Beaverbrook's Daily Express, "then they can never...
...last week the steady inroads of these price-fixing monopolists on Britain's pocketbook had turned free enterprise into a popular rallying cry. "Who are the greatest enemies of private enterprise?" thundered Lord Beaverbrook's powerful Sunday Express. "Not the Socialists. Not the Communists. The deadliest enemies of private enterprise are the foolish men who damage and undermine it from within. The worst harm of all is inflicted by the irresponsible recklessness of price fixers...
...news of the request, Lord Beaverbrook's Sunday Express exploded into enraged spluttering: "What reaction to Sir Miles's request? It should be: No. No. No. Not nineteen, not nine. Not a single one . . . His job is . . . to buy British-and fly British...
Subway Interviewer. London-born Reporter Webb was a successful crime reporter from the day he took his first job as a copy boy on Lord Beaverbrook's Evening Standard. On his way to work the first day he overheard a woman in the subway describe an attempted robbery in which she was the victim, interviewed her on the spot and got a story in the afternoon paper. He has since worked on dailies all over Britain, during World War II found time while serving in the merchant marine to write crime stories whenever he docked in England...