Word: columne
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...room, finally tapped energetic Maxine, mother of two, who had worked for Roberts since 1956 and knew all of her old boss's news sources. "I was petrified." says Maxine. "I couldn't eat. I couldn't sleep. After all, Bill Roberts had been writing his column for twelve years. Who was I to take him on?" Roberts concurred, warned Maxine: "Nobody's ever been able to buck me. You'll be out of a job in six months...
...recognition of her 18-hour working day, Maxine recently was rewarded with star billing in the Press: "Maxine" in big fat letters above the name of her column. "Big City Beat." As for Roberts, the king of Houston's columnists is learning to share his realm, has tried to call off the one-way public feud. "I stopped her one night at the Shamrock." he says, "and told her: 'Max, I don't want this.' " Max's reaction: "Great, it's about time...
...geographical environment in which she found herself. As Miss Gordimer recalls it, she grew naturally into her profession. "I've always written," she reminisces with a smile. "At the age of nine or ten I used to write my own newspaper for my own amusement--editorials, sports, society column and all." But her interest in newspaper-writing was short-lived. "I had a fear of becoming a journalist," she recollects. "I once worked for a newspaper for five months--but I didn't like...
...spite of its humble beginnings, it was gradually turned by the genius of one man into a rare treasure house. Except for two capitals by a fellow "master mason of freestone" and some minor pieces done by assistants all of which were destined for dark and obscure places-every column and figure in the cathedral bears the Gislebertus touch...
...constant line crashing, the cold, and rumors that tickets were getting scarce, students started to resist the numerous cutting-in attempts. Shortly before 11 a.m. an enterprising group used a few old CRIMSON'S and some loose wood to start a fire in the street, which promptly sent a column of smoke into the crowd...