Word: boast
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...covey of network executives also appeared for the defense. Merle Jones, a CBS vice president, was able to boast that a CBS psychologist had concluded that "TV programs do not cause juvenile delinquency, nor do they constitute one of the several causes." One executive argued that TV shows were no more violent than fairy tales ("Mother Goose is full of acts of violence"), and ABC Vice President Robert Hinckley, who appeared out of patience with the whole idea of a hearing, said that TV "is a very young industry, while juvenile delinquency is very, very...
...spite of the scattered upsets, these matches have usually provided the Crimson fan with an opportunity to boast, "I believe Harvard did win last Saturday...
None of these labels fit Mr. Bentley exactly, least of all the first, yet they all have validity. In the role of a leading critic, he can boast of insights which twist far from paths beaten by New insists, for instance, in identifying new York's reliable, if staid reviewers. he schools, in categorizing techniques, and in drawing parallels between the social scene and the theatre. One can accept Bentley's need for categories for they are indispensable to any form of criticism, and one may even except the labels he chooses to use. But it is difficult to escape...
...nation's secret files may be successfully barred to Communists, and sometimes to just plain newsmen, but they are wide open to television writers. TVmen boast that they have their grubby fingers in the file cabinets of the Treasury Department (Treasury Men in Action), the Bureau of the Chief Inspector, Post Office Department (The Mail Story), the Los Angeles Police Department (Dragnet), the FBI (I Led Three Lives), the National Legal Aid Association (Justice). the Los Angeles County Medical Association (Medic), and the San Francisco Police (The Lineup'). Public Defender ranges from coast to coast in grabbing "actual...
Laughton's gusty humour has had an amazing durability. His co-star, Maureen O'Hara, might also boast of her consistency throughout the years. Jamaica Inn proves conclusively that she was just as inept in 1939 as she is today. In the role of an Irish lass whose innocence is only overshadowed by her muscle, Miss O'Hara's acting is a pantomime with words...