Word: bumpings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Republicans reserved time on TV as early as the Democrats, but they did not make firm purchases until after the convention. Result: they found all the best spots already bought up by commercial sponsors. A political party may, by law, bump an advertiser off the air if it wishes-but it must then pay the sponsor the entire cost of the program, plus commissions. In taking over a 45-minute nighttime period next month, the Republicans must not only pay an $80,000 rebate to Pabst beer, but also take the risk of irritating and alienating voters who had been...
...boxlike, like a room in a cheap summer resort hotel. It was heaped high with a weird mixture of pornography, childishness and sentimentality-mild glamour shots like those advertising Chicago burlesque bars; Kodachrome nudes complete with pocket viewers; trick photographs that could be squeezed to make a fan dancer bump and grind There were also pictures of Queen Narriman as a bride. Near the royal stood two stacks of well-thumbed U.S. comics...
...terms are more widely used or abused than "off the record." Even veteran Washington correspondents, who bump up against the term most often, have trouble agreeing on exactly what it means. Last week James ("Scotty") Reston, New York Times Washington correspondent, gave his definition (in describing Adlai Stevenson's recent request for an off-the-record talk with newsmen): "Everything discussed would not even be talked about outside, let alone printed...
...Through College (Warner) poses a solemn problem: Is a burlesque queen (Virginia Mayo) with a yen for culture entitled to a college education? The answer is yes, mainly because of the brave battle for academic freedom waged by Theater Arts Professor Ronald Reagan. "Hot Garters Gertie," as the bump & grind artist is known, is saved from expulsion when Professor Reagan threatens to expose Board of Trustees Chairman Roland Winters as a wolf in sheepskin clothing who once gave Gertie a mink coat...
Hydraulic presses bent the lengths of 27-in. steel pipe to fit every bump, dip, peak and ravine along the snaking route. Winches and big tractors swung the 30-ft. sections into position, and welders sealed the joints. The outer covering was finally tested with the pipeliners' "conscience": a machine that uses a 10,000-volt electrical charge, and registers a short circuit at any spot where the covering is too thin. Then bulldozers filled in the trench, leaving only a great scar winding across the forest and the mountains...