Word: ben
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...Times reporters had secretly bought a Chicago bar and then chronicled the bribes they paid to city officials in order to keep it open. Their story created a sensation in Chicago, where it led to a widespread investigation of municipal corruption. But it angered Washington Post Editor Ben Bradlee'43, of the Pulitzer jurors, who objected to the false pretenses used to obtain the evidence...
...addition, the Crimson mile relay team of Marc Chapus, Ben Midlo, Frim and Scott Murrer set a school record of 3:17.53, despite a third-place finish...
...Israel and Egypt. Last weekend, in accordance with the timetable agreed upon at Camp David, formal diplomatic relations between the two nations were established. Ambassadors will not be exchanged for another month, although both countries have already named them: Saad Mortada will represent Egypt in Tel Aviv, and Eliahu Ben Elissar will be Israel's man in Cairo. Telephone, telex and postal links were also opened, and direct air service between Tel Aviv and Cairo is set to begin soon...
...Striding beside a quintuple-tiered bank of telephones, affable Pat Robertson, 49, tells his viewers, "For 50? a day you can change the world," while his sidekick Ben Kinchlow hands him reports on the latest contributions. It is fund-raising telethon time on the 700 Club, and by week's end an audience watching 140 TV stations has pledged $10 million in the coming year to keep Robertson's daily "Christian talk show" coming from its Virginia Beach, Va., studios...
That may explain the Brzezinski lapse. It didn't help when Executive Editor Ben Bradlee (who is married to Quinn) had to run a box saying it wasn't true that Brzezinski had unzipped his fly in front of a female reporter. Quinn had written this on the basis of a vague recollection, without bothering to recheck. The Charlotte Observer was outraged: "Such errors raise questions about the newspaper's motives as well as its competence." The Post felt obliged to run a letter from nine former members of Brzezinski's staff disputing Quinn...