Word: billing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...capital, Mrs. McCullough wondered how she was going to defend herself. Columnist Igor Cassini rallied to her aid. He appealed to his readers for contributions to the Mrs. John T. McCullough Defense Fund. Westbrook Pegler took up the crusade. So did George Sokolsky, columnist in the New York Sun, Bill Cunningham of the Boston Herald, and Radio Commentator Fulton Lewis Jr. Money came in, mostly in small denominations, from militant sympathizers; $18,000 was collected to help Mrs. McCullough fight her libel case through the federal courts...
...does not get his way by pounding the table; he uses men by flattering them, charming them with silky good humor, or freezing them with quiet contempt. His political pliability sometimes leads him to weakness. Recently, the Socialists introduced a bill in the Bundestag providing cash Christmas gifts for refugees. A Christian Democrat spokesman pointed out that this was a purely political bill designed to win votes, and that the government had no money to spare for the bonus proposal. But when the Socialists forced an open roll-call vote and Adenauer's name was called as the first...
...series would make it impossible to get a fair trial of the Kestin suit. Headlong, Judge Horrigan promptly forbade the Herald to publish any more stories on the houses, forced it to yank the fourth article a half hour before press time. Last week, after rereading the Bill of Rights, Judge Horrigan decided he had gone too far. He rescinded his injunction, but hinted that if the Herald kept printing such stories it might be found in contempt of court. Meanwhile, the project's builders had slapped a $100,000 libel suit against the Herald. Unperturbed, Publisher Lee said...
Only a few friends gathered at Cleveland's Union Terminal last week when Bill Veeck (rhymes with heck) left town. But Cleveland knew he had been there. For 3½ years, as majority stockholder and impresario of the Cleveland Indians, 35-year-old Promoter Veeck had turned the crank that gave the town its dizziest merry-go-round ride in years...
...sparkling burgundy (which he called "bubble ink"). His pinkish-blond hair was as much a trademark as his open-throat shirt, his fetish against wearing hats, ties or overcoats. "I'm a publicity hound," he told Cleveland sportwriters when he took over the Indians. And ex-Marine Bill Veeck, who had lost a leg as a result of combat injuries on Bougainville, always made good copy...