Word: columned
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Offer for $25,000 for a book on Peter Fonda. That's $25,000 advance. Offer to do a syndicated column for Newsday-here and abroad. A funny letter from a girl who says she just read the Peter Fonda one and who is Holden Caulfield? Is it somebody she should know...
...balance, Pearson has dug out more ugly facts than any rival muckraker. In The Case Against Congress, written in collaboration with his associate Jack Anderson, Pearson compiles a forceful indictment of venality in Congress after 35 years of watching it in action and writing about it in his daily column...
...book is obviously written from the standpoint of a staunch liberal, and Pearson makes no effort to disguise that fact. His targets are usually-though not exclusively-conservatives. But he not only smites his foes; he also helps his friends. Liberals who furnish the column with tips are celebrated as outstanding statesmen. Senators Wayne Morse and Ernest Gruening, for example, fall into this category. President Johnson is an on-and-off friend. Pearson cites as an example of dubious ethics Johnson's service on the Senate Commerce Committee (which oversees the FCC) while his family TV and radio stations...
Earlier in the day, Nixon had surprised everyone and irritated many by announcing that Agnew was his choice. The Maryland governor had not been mentioned as a contender by any of the news media. The New York Times this morning devoted the second deck of an eight-column headline to the improving chances of Lindsay. Others considered likely by those who didn't know were Sen. Mark Hatfield (Ore.) and Sen. Charles Percy...
...fair number might go for Reagan on the theory that his conservatism might be an effective alternative to Wallace. When Rockefeller's aides boast about shaking some 40 delegates loose from Nixon in recent days, they concede that most of these went either to Reagan or to the uncommitted column. This could be of help in stopping Nixon, but could become dangerous to Rockefeller if the convention really opened...