Word: bishop
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Kennedy Was Shot, Bishop...
...government offices, each with a stovepipe sticking drunkenly out of a window." Change was the shallowest of facades, mostly visible as ruin. A "cardboard democracy" allowed Communists and Christian Democrats to succeed one another monotonously in the mayor's office. But the real power still rested with the bishop in his diocesan quarters-marble floors, red plush draperies, gold-framed loveseats-and with those few petty officials, from policeman to tax collector, anciently privileged to corruption...
...Kennedy Was Shot, Bishop...
...Kennedy Was Shot, Bishop...
Quickening Stride. Criticism of PAD rolls right off Hefner's back. "I know how good the show is," he says. "It's better than the Johnny Carson Show or the Joey Bishop Show, and I do a better job hosting than Ed Sullivan does." He is so convinced that the show will be a success (and indeed, the ratings have been remarkably good) that he is already planning 26 more for next season, intends to expand Playboy's TV and movie operations. He is talking about buying a Hollywood studio...