Word: clocked
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...time because Howard K. Smith who timed the statements had obtained his stop watch through a small shopkeeper who, it turned out, was a vigorous supporter of George Wallace and because his man had been shut out of the debates decided to take his revenge by setting the clock fast. Therefore the first two statements were abruptly cut off at seven minutes although they had been planned for eight. The error was discovered but the harm had been done. Especially for Richard Nixon...
...continue to enjoy his role as gadfly. Six brags that Continental consistently leads the way in aircraft utilization, on-timesmanship and attractive fares. In his latest bit of gadding, he is trying to persuade bigger competitors to cooperate in staggering schedules and uncrowding the skies. "At 9 o'clock in the morning, everybody in the world wants to get on an airplane," complains Six. "Same damned thing at 5 in the afternoon. Sometimes they have 18 planes or more in places like Kennedy waiting end to end to take off. It's ridiculous...
...Hollywood actors have star quality at the polls. Take Gary Merrill (Twelve O'Clock High, All About Eve), for 17 years a Maine resident, who decided to take a crack at what he called "raising a little hell in Congress." Running as a G.O.P. peace candidate in Maine's First Congressional District, Merrill, 52, attacked pollution and poverty, tried everything from sidewalk electioneering in a rocking chair to reading poetry before local Rotary Clubs. Maine's citizens, however, preferred that he keep his hell raising at home. The result: Merrill lost to State Senator Horace Hildreth...
...already overpressed Grand Central area. But New Yorkers' basic objections were esthetic, though few people exactly articulated this, or could have if they tried. A certain esthetic pleasure used to come from the sight of the Grand Central complex-from the north, a stubby tower with a clock at its architectural nave; from the south, a Beaux Arts Eclectic facade crowned by monumental sculpture that nobody studied but everybody remembered. From either side, it was an ornamental point in the city's stark grid, a recognizable feature amidst its towering but all-too-featureless walls. But five years...
...reason for the growth-apart from the ghost-free studio-quality reception of what may eventually total 30 VHP and UHF channels-is that CATV in some markets offers its own programming on unused channels. Typical example: a cable firm might display a clock for an instant time check on one channel, and carry running weather forecasts, news and stock market reports on others. In Athens, Tenn., CATV covers local city and county council meetings and high school sports events. A few of the more enterprising CATV outfits are even programming old movies and peddling commercial time...